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MIAO Keyan, In That Infinite Vase II, 2023, Watercolor, ink, and graphite pencil on cotton paper, 35 x 50” ////// Inspired by Giuseppe Castiglione and his Gathering of Auspicious Signs, 1723. The scale and representation of each type of flowers have been intentionally adjusted to detach from realism. Through human-made composition and objects, the vase…

MIAO Keyan, Plates for Inflorescence Series_1 to 5, 2022, Digital illustration, 11 x 17 ” each

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My progress is my product. I create expansiveness through constraints with my hands and mind. “I draw,” I tell people. To me, drawing means using any creative agency in the hands of the artist to transcribe the composite of their internal world. Drawing is my primary means of transcribing anything I see, feel, and think,…