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10-Manuscript of Nature V_F.W.X.

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Cui Fei, born in Shandong, China, originally trained in oil painting. After relocating to New York, she gradually transitioned away from brush and pigment, turning instead to materials gathered directly from the natural world. Her longstanding practice explores the relationship between nature and writing, and her work is marked by both poetic sensitivity and keen observational detail.
Her Manuscript of Nature series is an experimental body of work that simulates calligraphy using natural elements. Vine tendrils, leaves, and thorns are meticulously arranged and fixed onto white surfaces, forming compositions that resemble Chinese cursive script. From a distance, the forms appear as flowing calligraphy; up close, they dissolve into abstraction, evoking messages from the natural world—unread and yet to be deciphered. As Chinese characters originated from observing and interpreting nature, Cui’s use of natural materials as her medium is a powerful response to this origin. Her work reawakens the primal connection between the written word and the living world.