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Animal Words: 
Goat (羊)

Calligraphy ink on archival paper
Float-mounted and framed in black teak
Signed, one piece only


ABOUT THE SERIES Chinese characters began as pictures that looked like the thing they described. Now, we rarely think of them as pictures anymore. Animal Words ask what happens when words become pictures again. Each piece reshapes the strokes of a Chinese character into a portrait of the animal it names, so it's recognisable even if you can't read the language.

DIMENSIONS25 x 25 cm




From the series