WORKS ELABORATION:
This work is presented in the form of a woodcut comic strip, depicting a lost man carried by a sacred raven through a chaotic space of metaphors. In the process of reflecting on life’s dilemmas such as sincerity, love, suffering and immortality, he searches for the essence of life and survival until the arrival of a harmonious state between heaven and earth.
TUTOR COMMENT:
Liu Xiangjun’s graduation work “The Sacred Raven” draws from traditional woodcut illustrations from the East and the West to depict the theme of human experiencing and overcoming sufferings in the form of a series of prints with accompanying texts. This work has a profound meaning, with a good choice of medium and excellent production, showing the author’s good artistic accomplishment and creative abilities.