扇面书画
Fans, figures & brushwork
An everyday form opens into a surface for writing and religious imagery.
Two sides of the folding fan
The white fan is turned from its written face to the red figure on the reverse, showing how the two compositions share the folded surface.
LOOKING CLOSERA form, a story,
A form, a story,
a way of seeing.
A fan is both a useful object and a surface for artistic expression. Its shape changes how writing and figures are arranged: folding ribs interrupt and animate the image, while a fixed fan offers a more continuous field.
The film and the first two photographs show the two faces of one white folding fan, pairing calligraphy with a red figure. A dark folding fan and an inscribed fixed fan complete this small study of contrasting forms.
Details to notice
- Turn between the written and illustrated faces of the white fan.
- Compare folding and fixed constructions, and light and dark grounds.
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