24 February - 28 March 2024
After Light
Curated by Cheong Kah Kit
Presented by Mizuma Gallery
22 Lock Road #01-34 Gillman Barracks
Singapore 108939
Liu Liling’s practice revolves around light. She is interested in how we encounter and receive light, and how our bodies move in and around it. Developed through a series of prints as a site-specific encounter at Mizuma Gallery, After Light is a continuation of these interests.
(From Left to right): The Way to a Dream, 2023. Moon Tide, 2023. First Light, 2023. Inkjet print on smooth fine art paper, size variable.
Working between photography and installation, Liu conceives her prints as objects, constantly shifting our attention between the visual and the physical. Her layered prints are developed through repeated experimentation and accumulation of inaccuracies and incidentals via her subtle manipulation of ink and printing processes.
Left: Sleeping Coast, 2023. Inkjet print on smooth fine art paper, 35.8 x 30 cm
The Wishing Well, 2023. Inkjet print, 29.7 x 21 cm
(From Left to right): Vapour, 2023. Rain Scene, 2023. Inkjet print on smooth fine art paper, dilite, 109 x 77 cm (each).
When presented as a site-specific installation, the prints extend themselves into the exhibition space, gently probing viewers to move and ponder their visual and spatial experiences.
December Sun, 2023. Inkjet print on smooth fine art paper, 28.6 x 15.6 cm each (17 parts).
An encounter of these works is an experience of images, light, and space.
After Light is an invitation to reflect on the relationship between seeing and sensing.
Field of Vision, 2023, UV Print on Dilite, 260 x 45 x 2.2 cm (2 parts).
All photography by Wong Jing Wei, courtesy of Mizuma Gallery.