YY9 Gallery is pleased to present “Sound of Emptiness”, a solo exhibition of Jiwye To. By observing objects from their respective angles, the artist creates this new series of paintings and envisions himself as part of the paintings. This series of painting transcends the contrary of the binary system and crushes the difference between oneself and others, as well as between the subject and the object. In his paintings, Jiwye showcases plenty of blank spaces to present the concept of emptiness, depicting painting objects with their original natures and conditions.

Inspired by the sound of Spring, the theme of the “Sound of Emptiness” allows its audience to indulge in a scene where stream and waterfall flow into layers of cloud which appear so vast and void. The blankness found in the paintings symbolizes both fog and cloud in a scene, thus revealing both void and real. The cloud and mist over the mountain is an actual situation of mutually referent to represent the aesthetic sense of blankness and emptiness. All together, the paintings create an infinite imagination to the spectators, allowing them to feel virtually free and feel like travelling through space and time, and hence forget all changes across time, space and human beings.