oohart艺术

Before the Land Vanished is an exploration of the intricate relationship between memory, identity, and the notion of home. “Home” and “land” are not merely fixed geographical locations; rather, they are composites of sensory imprints, emotional connections, and cultural narratives. As land undergoes transformation or disappears, what endures is not its physical form but its essence—preserved through memory and reimagined through art. The materials—gold leaf, resin, wood shavings, charcoal, and carbonized paper—serve as symbols of fragility and resilience. Gold leaf conveys reverence for the land, embodying its sacred and eternal nature. Wood shavings and charcoal evoke remnants of landscapes stripped, burned, or reshaped—fragments altered by time and human intervention. Resin, on the other hand, freezes and preserves these fragments, suspending them in time while bearing the traces of transformation and change. Between permanence and impermanence, the panel becomes a metaphorical archive. Within this space, the materials reflect a dynamic tension: the interplay between endurance and disappearance, between the tangible and the void. This work also prompts reflection on our roles within the cycles of destruction and renewal. It stands as a philosophical meditation on the land we inhabit and the materials we use—how they shape, and in turn are shaped by, the evolving boundaries of identity and belonging.