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fine arts

april 22, 2023 at 01:51

“art is not the truth. it is a lie that allows us to see the truth.” - picasso


march 19, 2022 at 20:29
des années plus tard,
j’oublierai ton nom.
mais n’as-tu dit que
les souvenirs ne s’estompent
pas?


1.yuchen shi, long-dang li, 2022, oil on canvas, 60x120 cm.

march 6, 2025 at 10:54

but i don’t understand how you could just stop. you dragged me to a point of no return. now i’m hopelessly stuck in my january fever. 

i think about you all the time even though you probably don’t anymore.



2.yuchen shi, mirage, 2022, oil on canvas, 60x120 cm.


(from left to right)3.yuchen shi, vertigo, 2022, oil on wooden panel, 30x20 cm. 4.yuchen shi, bouquet of exploitation, 2022, oil on canvas, 50x40 cm.
september 10, 2023 at 05:30
what brings me joy?

the feeling of ice clicking my teeth, circling my mouth. i love daydreaming, and i think that i am a dreamer, who never likes to stick to a systematic routine, or a particular way of thinking. i jump around boxes of thoughts, rummaging through my forgotten memories and plucking out bits and pieces that catch my attention. i love having the idea of something, having my mind adamant on a certain thing, a certain goal… the moment i close my eyes, a cloud of color moves towards my retina at full speed, expanding in size at an exponential rate, until they dissolve into a mist of stained droplets that fall gracefully yet rapidly into a distant place. i see them land, and then bounce back up, as if elegantly swaying to a ballad. each spins and swirls around, blooming into full color as they rise up into the black infinite space. each milli-second of the bouncing leaves a lasting impression on me; and gradually, as i try to relish and re-imagine these moments, they form a series of images, and then they start to move, as if the turning of a clock, springing into action. then, as i concentrate on each colored speck, they start to show me a scene, that is based on my reality but constructed in a dream. 



(from left to right)5.yuchen shi, transience, 2022, oil on canvas, 50x40 cm.
6.yuchen shi, generations, 2022, oil on canvas, 50x40 cm.

november 22, 2022 at 18:42

“modern spectacle”



(from left to right)7.yuchen shi, urbanites, 2021, oil on canvas, 90x60 cm.
8.yuchen shi, nostalgia, 2023, graphite on paper, 42x29.7 cm.



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