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Shanshui
From a distance, a landscape. Up close, photographs made at different times and positions.
Selected works2009 / Photography, light box
Yigui
Two images share a page: sharp repetition beside diffuse superimposition.
- Artist
- He Fa
- Date
- December 2009
- Recorded dimensions
- 512 × 512 mm
- Recorded medium
- Light box
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Images and presentation
Two square images follow the title page for Yigui. On the left, small light and dark units resembling triangles and diamonds repeat in a grid, holding tiny recognizable fragments. On the right, soft grey-brown superimpositions show almost none of the same sharply divided structure. Their edges, tonal contrasts and degrees of legibility differ markedly.
The portfolio provides no separate subtitle for either image and does not describe them as successive stages. Both are therefore retained in their original relationship of adjacency, allowing their visible differences to lead the reading. The source records a light box dated December 2009, measuring 512 × 512 mm. Yigui is a transliteration of the original Chinese title.
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Archive note
Based on pages 16–17 of the 38-page portfolio 何发-作品小汇. Title, date, dimensions and medium follow the original title page. Images were extracted independently from the PDF and retain their full compositions. The English title is a translation or transliteration for this website, not a verified historical English title.
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Work record
Yigui, 2009. Photography, light box. He Fa’s role: Artist: He Fa.
- Work / series
- Yigui
- Date
- 2009
- Medium
- Photography, light box
- He Fa’s role
- Artist: He Fa
- Catalogue section
- Early explorations
Cite this record: Yigui · 2009 · Artist: He Fa · https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/yigui
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Other paths from this work.
Spaces transformed
Frames separate and connect
Yigui juxtaposes distinct divisions with soft overlays; YourTube retains each screen’s border. The former compares organization within images, while the latter places separate displays within a shared viewing space.
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- Work imageImages and presentation ↗
Two images sit together: one uses distinct divisions, the other soft superimposition; the portfolio does not state a developmental sequence between them.
- Period documentInstallation instructions and playback ↗
The saved installation instructions document switching on individual screens, media players and MP4 selection, and preserve the arrangement of screens, tubing and six connected stools.
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Versions of a work
Do not prearrange a version’s ending
Yigui’s two images are not assigned a sequence by the source; Untitled retains the artist’s account of stopping after repeated rejection. Juxtaposition does not establish development, and a surviving image need not mean its problems were solved.
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- Work imageImages and presentation ↗
Two images sit together: one uses distinct divisions, the other soft superimposition; the portfolio does not state a developmental sequence between them.
- Artist’s statementArtist statement in the portfolio ↗
The portfolio statement directly records prolonged making, repeated rejection and eventual abandonment; stopping does not prove that the problem was resolved.
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