Hydrophilia

Charlotte Qin
Charlotte, 2025

Published on the occasion of Charlotte Qin’s solo exhibition at Fondation Majid (2025–2026), this book gathers five years of artistic, spiritual, and emotional exploration. Structured around four chromatic states — black, blue, red, and gold — it reflects a journey where painting becomes devotion and water becomes both subject and guide. Blending visual works, essays, and dream fragments, the volume unfolds as a meditation on faith, creation, and the human condition through the language of water.

 

“Hydrophilia does not have a beginning nor will it end. It is an obsession from childhood, an intimacy as woman, finally a devotion of life — to safeguard and protect this resource. From the confluence of rivers to the heart of faith, I have followed water as one follows truth.”