0546 2005

Li Huasheng has created this grid using ink on paper; a testament to the enduring power of simple forms. The grid, seemingly elementary, echoes through millennia, from ancient city plans to the structured fields of agricultural landscapes. Consider how the grid appears in illuminated manuscripts, or Renaissance maps; a symbol of order imposed on chaos, a human attempt to understand and control the world. This impulse is not merely rational. It speaks to a deeper, perhaps subconscious desire for stability and coherence. Like the careful rows of a farmer's field, the grid offers a promise of harvest, a visual reassurance in the face of existential uncertainty. The emotional resonance of the grid lies in its dual nature: a framework of control, and an acknowledgement of the infinite possibilities contained within. This tension, between structure and freedom, continues to resurface.