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Owen Leong
Emotional Geometry, 1-25 June 2016, Artereal Gallery.
Photographer: Zan Wimberley. Courtesy of Artereal Gallery.
Owen Leong
Emotional Geometry (yellow orchid)
2016
Archival pigment print on cotton paper
67.5 x 45 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Owen Leong
Emotional Geometry (pink orchid)
2016
Archival pigment print on cotton paper
67.5 x 45 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Owen Leong
Emotional Geometry (spotted orchid)
2016
Archival pigment print on cotton paper
67.5 x 45 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Owen Leong
Emotional Geometry (mottled orchid)
2016
Archival pigment print on cotton paper
67.5 x 45 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Owen Leong
Emotional Geometry (white orchid)
2016
Archival pigment print on cotton paper
67.5 x 45 cm
Edition of 5 + 2 AP
Flowers convey powerful meaning in Chinese lore; chrysanthemums augur long life, the lotus enlightenment. Orchids, flowering in secluded mountainous valleys are a symbol of perfection, elegance and tenacity and attributed beneficial qualities in Chinese medicine. For this suite of still life images in Emotional Geometry, the artist sculpted a delicate golden grid in response to the life force of each living bloom. Delicate and rigid, hard and soft, these golden grids are a manifestation of each flower’s life force at that specific moment in time.