The Forgotten Ground

Artist: Haonan Yuan
Original title: 《遗忘地》
Medium: silk
Size: 95cm * 30cm
Year: 2025

In stark black, grey, and white, this work evokes a realm of frozen solitude. Axe-cut texture strokes carve rugged stone surfaces, framing a desolate, wintry expanse. A long sword lies among the rocks; a young man in modern dress reclines beside it, his face veiled in vagueness, his posture languid with fatigue. Blending classical landscape ink aesthetics with contemporary portraiture, it employs a spare, restrained visual language to capture a fleeting present, leaving generous silence for each viewer to inhabit and interpret.