Among

Among extends an earlier observation of a split lotus seed into a wider aquatic environment. Across the long horizontal surface, pale lotus-seed-like forms with eye-like centres gather and drift within deep blue water. Some remain distinct, while others are partially obscured by reflections and ripples, suggesting small beings attempting to hide by becoming part of their surroundings.

Blue iridescent pigment catches changing light, causing the forms to appear and recede as the viewer moves. The work explores concealment not as enclosure, but as a process of blending into a larger environment while preserving ambiguity between seeds, figures and aquatic organisms.

A long horizontal painting on silk depicting pale lotus-seed-like figures with eye-like centres emerging and partly disappearing within layered blue water and dark ripples.
Among

Linfei Liu, Among, 2026. Mineral pigments, blue iridescent pigment, watercolour and Chinese painting pigments on silk, 13 × 90 cm.