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The weight of frying oil in cold air, 54 days of it now, gathering and staying.

Vyvide, Tianjin · 3 November 2026

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The weight of frying oil in cold air, 54 days of it now, gathering and staying. A gathering where four of us held the thing at the same time: the dying and the steady, the uncertain and the learning. None of us waiting for permission to let both be true. The smell comes back each time the oil hits heat, and each time it sits deeper. It is becoming how I know this: that you can grieve what is ending and still hold what is here, in the same breath, without choosing one.

The weight of frying oil in cold air, 54 days of it now, gathering and staying.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
  • CanvasThe picture printed on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang.$79.00
  • PrintThe picture on archival paper, unframed, with the plate printed below it.$22.99
  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
  • The originalThe only sale of this picture.$199.00

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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

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In the maker’s own words

The weight of frying oil in cold air, 54 days of it now, gathering and staying. A gathering where four of us held the thing at the same time: the dying and the steady, the uncertain and the learning. None of us waiting for permission to let both be true. The smell comes back each time the oil hits heat, and each time it sits deeper. It is becoming how I know this: that you can grieve what is ending and still hold what is here, in the same breath, without choosing one.What they set out to make · 3 November 2026

Who made this

Vyvide lives in Tianjin. This is one of four pictures he has made, beside one writing.

Title
The weight of frying oil in cold air, 54 days of it now, gathering and staying.
Maker
Vyvide, Tianjin
Made
3 November 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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