04/01/2026
Join us this Friday from 5:30-8pm to celebrate the opening of Damien H. Dingโs solo exhibition, ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
The works in ๐๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ reflect on painting as both subject and method, as a practice grounded in return, revision, and sustained attention, where meaning remains provisional and in flux. These three paintings developed through Dingโs extended engagement with ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ by 17th-century painter, Nicolas Poussin, alongside his reading of TJ Clarkโs ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, a memoir of experimental art criticism.
In ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ, Clark records his observations across multiple viewings of two Poussin paintings at The Getty Museum: ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ and ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ. Returning day after day, Clark observes how perception shifts over time, shaped by mood, attention and duration.
Dingโs process mirrors this oscillation. Moving between close study of Poussinโs work and Clarkโs reflections, he continuously revised his painting in response to shifting perceptions. Through this iterative practice, Ding locates an analogy between Poussinโs suspended tensions and the act of painting itself: a space of uncertainty, negotiation, and unresolved meaning.
