Cecilia Lee

2025

Well

POST WINGS

This artwork uses the outline of the Yehliu Queen's Head as a "negative space coastline," allowing the surrounding grid made up of color blocks and vertical stripes to arrange beats and pauses like a musical score. It is not a case of form preceding color; instead, the colors neighbor and pull each other, generating structure and space. This echoes American artist Stanley Whitney's perspective of viewing color as a subject and constructing order with an improvised rhythm.

Warm oranges, pinks, and yellows reflect the sandstone and sunset, while the cool blues act as "rests" that regulate the breath; the checkerboard pattern on the neck signifies a tonal shift, reminding the viewer that order is not a limitation but a rhythm that allows freedom to be heard. The queen does not dominate at the center but is "revealed" within the chorus of colors.

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