Created By
Mediha Ting
Acrylic on canvas
Curator
Luke Chapman
Ting’s work is a meditation on impermanence. The dandelion, poised mid-disintegration, echoes the butterfly motif—both symbols of transient beauty, caught between presence and dissolution. The handwritten pigment notes, functional yet poetic, anchor the work in the artist’s process, inviting the viewer into the raw, alchemical space of creation. There’s an unspoken tension here: the structured discipline of material study colliding with the unpredictable, almost chaotic nature of organic forms. And then there’s that snowman—a playful, accidental guardian of the piece, built from thick daubs of paint, embodying both childhood whimsy and the inevitable melt of time. This is painting as a palimpsest, where nothing is fixed, everything is shifting, and meaning, like a dandelion seed on the wind, refuses to settle.
Mediha Ting’s My Butterfly Series: Snowman & Dandelion (2024) is a layered exploration of materiality, memory, and fleeting moments of transformation. The composition is split between luminous blues and deep, shadowy blacks, each carrying a distinct yet intertwined visual language. A cascade of handwritten notes and golden Chinese script sweeps across the surface, dissolving into a textured field of color, where the contrast between control and improvisation plays out dynamically. Thick impasto spheres of paint—like relics of a painter’s palette—emerge from the left side, lending the piece a sculptural presence, while delicate butterfly-like forms flicker across the darker half, interacting with a luminous dandelion bloom that hovers in a state of ephemeral motion.
Created By
Mediha Ting
30 x 24 cm | 12 x 9 in
Black frame flowing with Acrylic sheet
2024
