YYYY-MM-DD: Xue Ruozhe Solo Exhibition

In this series named "YYYY-MM-DD", the rotation of distant celestial bodies and their almost invisible trajectories are preserved and revealed through the withering and blossoming of a flower: every day, at about the same time, behind the same vase of flowers, Xue Ruozhe will set up a drawing board, blend the colors, sketch about one of the flowers, and mark the date of that day on the screen. One flower a day until all are painted. Time passes, the flowers in the bottle are constantly changing, the buds bloom, and the flowers wither. Xue Ruozhe truthfully drew their changes on the canvas, while the previously drawn ones remained the same and were not covered. After painting a bottle of flowers, he would buy a bunch of fresh flowers and insert them into the bottle, repeating the sketching practice day after day. 

Text / Li Jia