Image size: 12.9 x 20.3 cm
The untitled woodcut [Eclipse] depicting a man regarding the sun, moon and earth’s alignment during an eclipse seems to allude to a connection between the individual and the cosmos, marking a distinct departure from predominant conventions in woodblock printing in Singapore, likely indicative of Shui’s training at Hangzhou Fine Art College that exposed him to figures like Marc Chagall and encouraged an interiority in his prints, distinct from the dominant tendencies of the medium seen in the works by the Chinese diasporic artists based in Singapore, who often acquired their skills and techniques from publications circulating in and around early 20th century China, with Lu Xun and the stylistic approaches of German Expressionist Käthe Kollwitz being the most prominent figures.
