Lot 12
165 x 144 cm ; 175 x 154 cm (with frame)
silkscreen paint on linen
signed verso
This work is accompanied with a certificate of authenticity issued by the artist.
姚诗韵《自由》2015年作 丝网印刷漆 亚麻布
款识：艺术家签名（画背）
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Notes:
Yeo Shih Yun’s
Freedom(2015) is part of her evocative
Conversations with Trees series, a collaborative and contemplative project in which the artist relinquishes control and embraces nature as co-creator. Created using silkscreen ink on linen, this large-scale abstract composition is rooted in an experimental process where tree branches, dipped in ink and stirred by the wind, generate spontaneous marks. These delicate yet vigorous gestures—seemingly calligraphic, organic, and chaotic all at once—are captured and layered to form a visual language that is both primal and poetic. The result is a work that feels alive, its textures breathing with the movement of wind, branch, and time.
Freedom embodies Yeo’s enduring interest in the mystical and impermanent qualities of drawing. As part of an exhibition first shown at Esplanade’s Jendela Visual Arts Space in 2011 and later at the Singapore Art Museum in 2012, the series combines drawings, photographs, films, silkscreen paintings, and video installation to explore the invisible dialogue between artist, nature, and chance. By attaching ink-dipped brushes to trees across Singapore, Yeo redefines authorship and challenges conventional notions of intentionality. The act of creation is surrendered to the rhythm of the natural world, transforming trees into agents of mark-making and blurring the boundary between the human and the elemental.
In this collaborative process, Freedom becomes more than a painting—it becomes an imprint of time, weather, and motion. Its visual complexity and layered abstraction speak to both the unpredictability of nature and the meditative act of observation. The viewer is invited not only to engage with its surface but also to reflect on the philosophical depth of its making. In Yeo’s practice, the very act of creation is a celebration of unpredictability, serendipity, and the sublime. Freedom, like the series it belongs to, is ultimately an ode to nature’s silent yet expressive force and a poetic investigation into the shared authorship of art and environment.
姚诗韵的作品《自由》（2015）是其引人深思的《与树对话》系列中的重要一件。这项计划是一场充满冥想与实验精神的合作创作，在其中艺术家放下控制权，让大自然成为共同的创作者。作品以绢印墨在亚麻布上呈现，其创作过程源自树枝在风中舞动，带动笔尖留下痕迹。这些轻盈而有力的笔迹——有如书法，也如随性的自然节奏——经过筛选与绢印，最终形成一种既原始又富有诗意的视觉语言，展现出作品仿佛拥有生命一般的动感与呼吸。
《与树对话》延续了姚诗韵对绘画神秘性与无常性的持续探索。该系列首次展于2011年滨海艺术中心Jendela视觉艺术空间，并于2012年于新加坡美术馆展出，形式结合绘画、摄影、录像、绢印与装置艺术。通过将毛笔绑在新加坡各地的树枝上，让风与环境的力量决定笔触的方向与力度，姚诗韵重新定义了艺术的作者性，并挑战了传统创作中“控制”与“意图”的观念。在这里，大自然不仅是主题，更是主体。
在这段与自然共舞的过程中，《自由》不再是单纯的绘画，而是时间、天气与动作的印记。其复杂的层次与抽象的笔迹不仅反映出自然的不可预知性，也体现出观看本身的冥想特质。观者被邀请去感受作品的表面，也去思考其背后的生成逻辑与哲学深度。在姚诗韵的创作中，创作行为本身即是对偶然、美与崇高的一次礼赞。《自由》最终呈现的是自然静默却充满力量的表达，以及艺术与环境之间微妙而神圣的共鸣。 - Condition: This work overall is in good condition. No sign of restoration and retouching on this work. The work is framed.
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