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《有谁,从空无之中走过?》

红砖、旧窗、灯泡、报纸、照片、珍珠、头发、铁丝、顶针、矿粉丝网印刷,

综合材料,尺寸可变,2023

旧窗上透出的画面是1958年武钢建设时期的记录,它们被红色的铁矿粉显影在有锈蚀痕迹并会持续氧化生锈的铁板上;而旧窗空出的一格与老式的抽屉嵌套,构成了了一个内部的私密空间,垂下的昏黄的钨丝灯泡,照亮了旧报纸上关于武钢建设的一则新闻,一封58年的家书和头发丝穿起的珍珠……

 

这件作品是艺术家以“物”为线索的一段旅程——从矿山中的铁矿石,红色的矿粉,生出赭石色的锈纹铁板,到1958年武钢建设第一高炉的生产、与此一同诞生的工业移民和苏联式的红砖房社区,以及如今社区的陈旧和消失。艺术家尝试以“铁”这一始终贯穿在叙事中的物质材料出发,通过对它进行不同形态的转换与组合,讨论这段从物质到由物质牵引而来的事件、历史、个体和记忆的旅程。在作品内外重叠的倒影中,探索个体空间与世界结构的可能关联与叙事。

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Who, Passing Through The Void?

Red bricks, aged windows, light bulbs, newspapers, photos, pearls, hair, iron wire, thimble, ore powder, screen printing

Mixed materials, dimensions variable, 2023

 

The images on the old window are the records of the construction period of WISCO in 1958, they are reflected in the red iron ore powder on the iron plate which has traces of rust and will continue to oxidize and rust; and the empty compartment of the old window with the old drawers nested in it forms an internal intimate space, where a dim tungsten bulb hangs down, and illuminates a news story about the construction of WISCO in an old newspaper, a letter from the family of '58, and a hairline threaded with a Pearl ......

 

This work is the artist's journey through the "object" - from the iron ore in the mines, the reddish powder, the ochre-colored rusty iron plates, to the production of the first blast furnace of WISCO in 1958,  and the resulting industrial migration and the Soviet-style red-brick community, also the community aging and disappearance today. 

 

The artist tries to use "iron" as a metaphor, a material that is always present in this narrative, and through its transformation and combination in different forms, discusses the journey from the material to the stories, histories, individuals, and memories that are pulled by the material. In the overlapping reflections inside and outside of work,  exploring the possible correlation and narrative between the individual space and the structure of the world.

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