Created By
Mediha Ting
Acrylic on canvas
Curator
Luke Chapman
This piece is an evocative meditation on the intersection of art history, nature, and temporal continuity. By engaging with the legacy of Giuseppe Castiglione—whose botanical works for the Qing court married European realism with Chinese aesthetics—Ting reimagines this dialogue through a contemporary lens. Her choice to strip away color emphasizes form and texture, allowing the viewer to focus on the interplay between light and shadow, presence and absence. The work feels like a whisper from another era, yet it resounds with modernity. The botanical forms are rendered with a precision that recalls Castiglione’s meticulous craftsmanship, but they are set adrift in an abstracted space that suggests impermanence and flux. Ting’s restrained palette and layered textures evoke the patina of age, imbuing the piece with a sense of quiet reverence.
Mediha Ting’s “Bean Flowers and Millet” is a visually poetic exploration of botanical forms, rendered in a monochromatic palette of muted gold against a deep, velvety black. The composition features delicate outlines of bean flowers and millet stalks, their intricate details floating amidst a textured, atmospheric backdrop. Ting’s use of negative space and subtle tonal variations lends the piece an ethereal quality, as if these natural elements are suspended in a timeless void. The work evokes both the precision of traditional Chinese botanical studies and the abstraction of contemporary art, creating a bridge between past and present.
Created By
Mediha Ting
26 x 45 cm | 10 x 18 in
2022
