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OF ACCURACY ONE MUST TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A !CCIDENT AND CHANCE IS BOTH USED AND REFERRED IMAGERY THAT STOOD ON ITS OWN WITHOUT
DOUBLE SET OF REFERENCE POINTS THAT INFORM TO IN 0ENG S PAINTINGS 3TYLISTICALLY THE ARTIST OVERT ASSOCIATIONAL REFERENCES 9ALI 0ENG
THESE SEEMINGLY CASUAL YET HIGHLY DISCIPLINED USES BOTH DRIP AND SPLATTER TECHNIQUES AS IN ERR OWN UNIQUE WAY ATTEMPTS TO DO THE
PAINTINGS WELL AS MORE TRADITIONAL !SIAN BRUSHWORK SAME 9ET HER WORK GENTLY DEVIATES FROM
WHICH PUSHES INK IN FRONT OF THE TOOL )N THIS NON OBJECTIVITY
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TO ASSERT AN EXQUISITE OPENING UP OF lGURAL SENSE OF SCALE WITHIN THESE SMALL FORMATS OWN SENSE OF INVIOLATEDNESS EACH STROKE
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PAINTINGS MINUTE A MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION APPEARS
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VERGE OF DISAVOWING ITS SINGULARITY ON THE CUSP THE ANCIENT EAST 2EMARKS ON 0AINTING BY lELDS YIELDS ANOTHER CASUALLY SUPERIMPOSED
OF CLEAVING TOWARDS THE REPRESENTATIONAL 4HE 3HIH T AO IS RELEVANT HERE IT IS EVIDENT THAT CORRESPONDENCE TO NATURAL IMAGERY ! STALK
MARK IS ABOUT TO BECOME FULLY OPERATIONAL AS THE ARTIST 9ALI 0ENG SEEMS TO HAVE ACQUIRED OR A STEM OF A PLANT 'ROWING &ORCE OF A 4WIG
A MIMETIC MIRRORING OF SOMETHING WE KNOW THE VITALLY IMPORTANT hEMPTY WRIST h HSU A VINE TENDRIL RAPTUROUSLY ENWRAPPING
AND RECOGNIZE WITHOUT BEING FULLY CAUGHT WAN BEFORE BEGINNING TO WORK 4HROUGH SPACE THROUGH INmECTED LINES WITHIN LINES
WITHIN AN IMAGISTIC A PRIORI THIS TECHNIQUE BALANCE AND HARMONY OF 3PREADING A SOLITARY ORANGE SHAPE
THE BODY IS ATTAINED IN ORDER TO PREPARE IT ASSUMES THE SPACE OF A LEAF IN #HEERFUL
0ENG USES HER lGURAL NOTATIONS AND MARKS FOR THE CONCENTRATION THAT IS REQUIRED FOR 4OUCH BY A &RIEND
DERIVED IN PART FROM ACCIDENTAL PROCEDURES TO THE ARTIST TO PAINT PHENOMENAL EMPTINESS
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CHARGED AS ARE THE SPACES IN HER WORK &RANCIS #HENG hOF FULLNESS INTENSIlED TO THE RESOLUTELY REVERENT IN THIS RESPECT EACH
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!CCIDENTAL PROCEDURES IN ART MAKING HAS A VIEWER S CONTEMPLATION RESULTS OPPOSITES EACH IMAGE REFERS TO THE WORLD OF
LONG AND RICH HISTORY !S HISTORICAL BACKGROUND NATURE YET IT RESOLUTELY LIVING A LIFE OF PURE
INFORMATION IT IS USEFUL TO RECALL THAT ,EONARDO )N THE 7ESTERN TRADITION THE TECHNIQUE OF NON OBJECTIVE FORM 4HE RESULT IS POETIC VISUAL
DA 6INCI IN HIS 4REATISE ON 0AINTING SPEAKS CONSCIOUSLY APPLYING ACCIDENT AND CHANCE IMAGINATION AT ITS BEST IN WHICH THE ACTIVITY
OF PROCESS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN MAKING TO PRODUCE AUTONOMOUS IMAGERY BEGAN OF PAINTING IN PHILOSOPHER %TIENNE 'ILSON S
AND MATCHING IN THE PROJECTION OF FOUND IN THE MID TWENTIETH CENTURY THESE WERE WORDS CAPTURES hA CHANGING mEETING AND
IMAGES OR ACCIDENTALLY MADE PATTERNS TERMED hDRIP PAINTINGSv MIGHT BE SAID TO ALWAYS INCOMPLETE EXPERIENCE OF A STABLE
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