The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 13, 2025

Print of overlapping planes of black ink radiating out in shades of grey that create the illusion of pages being flipped through. Two such rectangular illusions are placed symmetrically next to one another, with a gap of plain paper between them.

Time Lapse

2019

Qu Zuochun

(Chinese, b. 1988)
China
Woodblock print, ink on paper
92 x 90 cm (36 1/4 x 35 7/16 in.)
James Parmelee Fund 2021.7
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Qu Zuochun graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in South China.

Description

Time Lapse belongs to a series of prints of large geometric forms built up in painstakingly applied overlaid impressions of black ink. Using nuanced shades of gray, this composition creates the effect of three dimensionality and light falling through a gap, perhaps conveying the message that time is as fugitive as light.
  • 2019-2021
    Qu Zuochun 瞿作纯 [b. 1988], Guangzhou, China, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art through the mediation of the Muban Educational Trust, London
    2021-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Modern Impressions—Light and Water in Chinese Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 2022-May 7, 2023).
  • {{cite web|title=Time Lapse|url=false|author=Qu Zuochun|year=2019|access-date=13 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.7