# @drawingcenter on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BzoV48yFLyD
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- **Posted:** 2019-07-07T21:18:15.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Drawing Center (@drawingcenter) — https://gondola.cc/drawingcenter

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Open Sessions Artist 2018-20: Kunlin He on the Creative Block and Process
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“I often stay in the studio for a whole day, but usually, only 6 hours is in the artworks. The rest of the time is in the reading, but I enjoy the process of being in a studio without making art. Some sinologists believe that the Chinese Masculinity relies on the ability of knowledge “cultural attainment” rather than the ability of the strong body “martial valour.” So I see the studio as my gym. I exercise the function of my brain instead of my muscles.
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I recently created a long-term project about art and technology in my studio. Liu Kuo-Sung, the father of modern Chinese ink painting, believes that artists and scientists are doing the same experimental research. I agree with him: scientists are experimenting in the laboratory to prove his new ideas about the world, and artists are creating new media and style in the studio for creating a personal visual language. So now, the studio is not just a gym for me; it is still a laboratory.” - Kunlin He
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Kunlin He lives and works in San Francisco. Selected as one of the finalists for the 2019 SFMOMA SECA Award, his work has been shown at MASS MoCA, North Adams; the Seattle Art Fair, Seattle; the Chinese Culture Center, San Francisco.
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Open Sessions is a two-year program which provides opportunities for selected artists to contextualize work and ideas through exhibitions, public programs, and critical dialogue, organized by Rosario Güiraldes and Lisa Sigal, Open Sessions Curators.
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#OpenSessionsTDC #KunlinHe quinlinhe .
#creativeblock #creativeprocess #studioasgym #studioaslab
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Image: Courtesy of the artist.

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