Dégage, 2023

San Zi  

These two pictograms mean “clear”.

These two ideograms come from Laozi’s book “Dao De Jing”, it means “Happiness is born from unhappiness, unhappiness is hidden within happiness.”

Chinese calligraphy, the fundamental art of traditional Chinese culture, is closely linked to Chinese painting in its development, and its history is as long as that of China itself. The painter uses essentially the same materials as the calligrapher (brush, ink and paper). His work is judged according to the same criteria as for the calligrapher, namely the vitality and expressiveness of the brushstroke and the harmonious rhythm of the entire composition.

Chinese calligraphy and painting share the same origin
Since the dawn of humanity, there has always been a need for human beings to record things. As human society developed, they adopted a way of keeping records using drawings, and eventually invented Chinese characters.

These pictograms gradually evolved from pictorial symbols to characters composed of lines, as people's ability to observe, think, and express themselves improved. Then the amazing and unique art of Chinese calligraphy came into being.

It is thus easy to see that Chinese calligraphy and Chinese painting are closely linked. Chinese characters, vehicles of Chinese calligraphy, come from natural objects. The older the character, the more it appears in image form, and it is always possible to trace common visual connections in them.