Poetic Fragments

Chen Wei Ting creates an ode to childhood and its imaginings in a pair of vibrant prints.

Poetic Fragments brings together two of the artist’s original works – I may be so unreasonable with him and He found a box on my back. Accompanied by two hand-written poems, the prints detail two scenes of imaginary characters at play. Their bubbled forms, complete with surprised facial expressions, are set within a richly-coloured space.

The notion of ‘fragments’ is taken from the artist’s love of literature and the philosophies of Roland Barthes. Viewing his artworks as fragments of his own life, Chen’s subjects convey a personal nostalgia for youth and innocence.

“Instinct drives me to write about these fragments of my childhood, like words and poems in my images, figurative but present.”