Mediha Ting 定 光 琴 - Heart Sutra 心 經 (2013)
![]() Light through the Realm光之境界 Heart Sutra series Acrylic and Chinese ink on canvas H 153 cm x W 153 cm 2013 by Mediha Ting 定光琴 | ![]() Light under the Ocean海底之光 Heart Sutra series Acrylic and Chinese ink on canvas H 153 cm x W 153 cm 2013 by Mediha Ting 定光琴 | ![]() Pink and Blue SpaceHeart Sutra series Acrylic and Chinese ink on canvas H 98 cm x W 130 cm 2013 by Mediha Ting 定光琴 | ![]() Blue desires藍之慾望 Heart Sutra series Acrylic and Chinese ink on canvas H 28 cm x W 36 cm 2013 by Mediha Ting 定光琴 |
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![]() Blue with Pink Reflection藍之粉紅幻影 Heart Sutra series Acrylic and Chinese ink on canvas H 36 cm x W 26 cm 2013 by Mediha Ting 定光琴 | ![]() Red and Green Roots紅綠之根 Heart Sutra series Acrylic and Chinese ink on canvas H 31 cm x W 26 cm 2013 by Mediha Ting 定光琴 |
"Heart Sutra" Series 2013
" 心 經 " 系 列
This series continues Ting’s trademark style of intense saturated colour with beautiful smooth abstract surfaces embedding multiple layers of text, figurative drawing, transferred images and colour spread. The extremely subtle details and colours are only visible when viewed up close and cannot be captured entirely in photographs.
Extracts of the Buddhist Heart Sutra scripture can be found in each painting. The written script appears between layers, some hidden and some more visible. The Sanskrit/ Chinese written characters in some of the paintings appear as images in the shape of crowds of human figures conveying a wide range of energies and moods.
Ting found the Heart Sutra to accord with her previous investigations into psychology, philosophy and spirituality. All things are as one; our senses create thoughts and through that we formed our consciousness and suffering; in meditation, we obtain wisdom to see through all the illusions created; thus emptiness.
Ting incorporates the Heart Sutra into her paintings to explore different topics arising from the text such as group consciousness and various states of mind. She uses partially subconsciously induced forms, loosely referencing the pristine natural Icelandic landscape to contrast with Hong Kong’s densely crowded cityscape.
The process of painting the Heart Sutra series was like a meditation itself - bringing together fragmentation, contradiction, anxiety, anarchy and reconnecting, healing, harmony, tranquillity into hectic city life.
Interviewed by Dimsum News - Feb 2016
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