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Pen Walking Series - Pilgrimage to Mount Kailash, 2008-2023

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Close-up details 局部特寫
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Close-up details 局部特寫
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Close-up details 局部特寫
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Close-up details 局部特寫
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Close-up details 局部特寫
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Close-up details 局部特寫
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Document 文件
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 English version of the document
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 English version of the document
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 English version of the document
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"We depart at dawn. I feel rather tired from the excitement already ------". 過程影像-「我們在拂曉的時刻出發,不知怎地,出發前的興奮已讓我有點疲倦 ------ 」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"We choose first to walk along the bank and valley to the left of the river ------". 過程影像-「我們決定先走完河流左邊的平地與山谷 ------」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"Board the other bank of the river ------". 過程影像-「登上彼岸------」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"We finally arrive at the base of Mount Kailash ------". "One hill after another, we journey deeper into the mountains ------".
過程影像-「我們終於抵達主山脈的山腳------」、「決定一丘一丘,一層一層的走進去------」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"I then see that between each step, slivers of my past flash by, whether or not I remember them ------". 過程影像-「後來我發覺,曾經發生過的事,不論記得或不記得的場景,都在踏地與離地之際浮現足下 ------ 」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"The whole journey is like a dream full of exhaustion, difficulty, pain, confusion, and helplessness ------". 過程影像-「這整個旅程像場夢,疲憊、艱辛、痛苦、困惑、無奈的夢------」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"I am grateful for your company ------". "You say traveling alone or as a duo does not make the journey better or worse; it just makes it different. After all, we are still climbing the same mountain ------"
過程影像-「我慶幸有你同行------」、「
你說兩個人走或一個人走,不會更好或不好,只是不一樣。要爬的,還是同一座山------」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"Energy is depleted. It is dark. We decide to camp for the night------". "Food and water will last only till tomorrow------".
過程影像-「氣力用盡,天也暗了,決定在此紮營過夜------」、「食物與水只夠到明天------」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"Finally, we summit the mountain. We say not a word, only breathing heavily------". "Even our minds are at a loss for words------".
過程影像-「終於登頂,除了喘息我們沒有對話------」、「心中連一個話語也沒有了------」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Process photograph-"------ Walking into the sky, we look down over all our earlier footsteps through the mountains and rivers------". "------The magnificence is worth all the hardship and more".
過程影像-「------ 進入天空,俯視所有走過山和水的步伐------」、
「------ 所有的辛苦與美麗是不成比例的」
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Shi Jin-Hua, Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016 Installation view 展場照

Shi Jin-Hua

Pen Walking #163, 2012-2016
Pencil on paper and document.

95 x 215.5 cm
81 x 32 cm (document)
29.7 x 21 cm, 3 sheets (English version of the document)

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After he returned to Taiwan from the U.S., Shi Jin-Hua began his “Pen Walking” series, where he captures the remnants and transience of life through the brushstrokes and the wear...
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After he returned to Taiwan from the U.S., Shi Jin-Hua began his “Pen Walking” series, where he captures the remnants and transience of life through the brushstrokes and the wear of pencils. He thinks of himself as an apprentice of the pencil, creating myriad brushstrokes and traces on paper or canvas, helping the pencil complete its life cycle. As a continuation of this metaphor for life, the “Pen Walking — Mount Kailash” series documents the artist’s pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet. With pencils in hand, he embarked on the pilgrimage to seek enlightenment. The pencils slowly shortened just as the pilgrim gradually abandoned his obsession with the self and the material world, endlessly pursuing the spiritual emancipation. (Written by TKG+ Project)

自美返國後,石晉華展開了《走筆》系列,以鉛筆的筆觸與耗損進一步象徵生命的痕跡與無常,他自比為筆的助理,在紙或畫布上走畫出各樣的筆觸與痕跡,協助筆完成一生的使命;延續這樣的人生隱喻創作了《走筆 — 岡仁波齊峰轉山》系列,以鉛筆的身體朝聖、繞行出西藏的聖山岡仁波齊峰,在這個追求覺悟的朝聖旅程中,鉛筆越來越短,猶如行者逐漸揚棄對自我與現象世界的執著,無止境地進行精神的鍛鍊與解脫。(撰文/TKG+ Project)


◆〈走筆 #163〉2012-2016|鉛筆、紙、文件|95 x 215.5 cm,文件:81 x 32 cm,英文版文件:29.7 x 21 cm x3 張
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Exhibitions

2017 Art Basel Hong Kong “A 100 km Walk”, Mind Set Art Center booth, Hong Kong
2017 “LINES - Shi Jin-Hua’s Contemporary Religious Art”, curated by Chen Hung-Hsing, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 香港巴塞爾藝術展「行路一百公里」,安卓藝術展位,香港,中國
2017「線 — 石晉華當代宗教藝術展」,陳宏星策展,高雄市立美術館,高雄,台灣

Publications

2018 “Lines - Contemporary Religious Art by Shi Jin-Hua”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
2018《線 — 石晉華當代宗教藝術展》,高雄市立美術館,台灣
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