West installation view.
Mixed medias, original calligraphy
by Aisin Gioro Pu Ji, (brother of Pu Yi, the last emperor of China),
personal computer with Flash format animation with verses of
poem by
Emperor Shu Ji, (ancestor of Pu Yi, first emperor of the Ching
Dynasty who ruled China from the Forbidden City), audio file with sounds of Buddhist
chanting instruments, yellow (the
royal color) cloth, yellow rope . |
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East installation view. Arrow
and crumpled rice paper in ball shape with verses of poem by
Emperor Shu Ji. Pedestal and chair with an art book and a catalog
about the art collections
of the Ching Dynasty at the Ancient Palace (Forbidden City). |
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"Where willows,
reeds meet and disappear, with sun reflecting
snowflakes, pleasant wind blows."
Brief
translation of this calligraphy by Pu Ji in the early 90s.
The verses are a close description of this area of
Unionville, where Frederick Varley, one of the members of
the respectable "Group of Seven" painters of
Canada, lived and
painted during the later part of his life. However, Pu
Ji had never been to Unionville or visited Canada.
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