Wonderful Dream
Wonderful Dream offers an intimate portal into the fathomless dreamscape of a white cat. This mineral pigment work centers on a feline form, pure white and exquisitely poised, curled in relaxed slumber against the soft corner of a pillow—an anchor to the waking edge. The backdrop, however, is no tranquil night; it unfolds as an intense, warm, and energetically charged expanse of red, pulsating like the very substrate of thought itself. Suspended within this crimson sea float abstract orbs (deep blue, vibrant yellow) and glass bottles bearing scientific labels—not objects of reality, but surreal talismans birthed by dream logic, where cosmic fragments dance with the ghosts of reason.
This is no simple nap scene. The immaculate white cat is the untainted vessel of consciousness, the pure navigator of this oneiric voyage. The radiant red ground embodies the subconscious crucible, the molten flow of emotion and the unconscious. The abstract planets signify boundless dream-wandering and the immensity of inner cosmoses; the labeled chemical bottles act as intrusive shards of rationality, specters of waking-world logic seeping into and intertwining with the fluid realm of dreams.
The granular texture and layered application of mineral pigments masterfully evoke the dream state’s paradoxical materiality and fluidity. Sedimented particles within the red ground create a deep “texture of thought”; the plush white fur and soft pillow contrast tactilely against the gritty base. The cool isolation of blue planets, the lively energy of yellow ones, the transparency of bottles, and the precision of their labels intermingle through the pigments’ matte and subtle shimmer, weaving a dream map that is both mesmerizing and disquietingly alien. The work probes the liminal threshold of consciousness—the cat, resting peacefully at the edge of the tangible (pillow), invites us to witness how reason and fantasy, inner universes and external symbols, are alchemically fused within the dream forge into a transcendent vision of the “wonderful.” It is a bold, mineral-based cartography of the unspeakable inner world.
Medium：Painting and Drawing
Material：Rock-Color on Paper
Size: 10cm*10cm
Year：2024
Wonderful Dream
Wonderful Dream offers an intimate portal into the fathomless dreamscape of a white cat. This mineral pigment work centers on a feline form, pure white and exquisitely poised, curled in relaxed slumber against the soft corner of a pillow—an anchor to the waking edge. The backdrop, however, is no tranquil night; it unfolds as an intense, warm, and energetically charged expanse of red, pulsating like the very substrate of thought itself. Suspended within this crimson sea float abstract orbs (deep blue, vibrant yellow) and glass bottles bearing scientific labels—not objects of reality, but surreal talismans birthed by dream logic, where cosmic fragments dance with the ghosts of reason.
This is no simple nap scene. The immaculate white cat is the untainted vessel of consciousness, the pure navigator of this oneiric voyage. The radiant red ground embodies the subconscious crucible, the molten flow of emotion and the unconscious. The abstract planets signify boundless dream-wandering and the immensity of inner cosmoses; the labeled chemical bottles act as intrusive shards of rationality, specters of waking-world logic seeping into and intertwining with the fluid realm of dreams.
The granular texture and layered application of mineral pigments masterfully evoke the dream state’s paradoxical materiality and fluidity. Sedimented particles within the red ground create a deep “texture of thought”; the plush white fur and soft pillow contrast tactilely against the gritty base. The cool isolation of blue planets, the lively energy of yellow ones, the transparency of bottles, and the precision of their labels intermingle through the pigments’ matte and subtle shimmer, weaving a dream map that is both mesmerizing and disquietingly alien. The work probes the liminal threshold of consciousness—the cat, resting peacefully at the edge of the tangible (pillow), invites us to witness how reason and fantasy, inner universes and external symbols, are alchemically fused within the dream forge into a transcendent vision of the “wonderful.” It is a bold, mineral-based cartography of the unspeakable inner world.
Medium：Painting and Drawing
Material：Rock-Color on Paper
Size: 10cm*10cm
Year：2024
