I love this work by the Chinese artist Wu Xue Lian...
With the
classic Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang, the white space represents the Yang - Light and the
black space symbolizes the Yin - Shadow. It is used to describe how polar
opposites or seemingly contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in
the natural world.
Wu Xue Lian has always been fascinated by such relationship. She
often decomposes an image into positive and negative space. She uses
detailed backgrounds fill with fine ink wash and brush strokes, but left the
subjects blank.