Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
1994
Format
Postcard
Exhibition Event Title
Studio Bildende Kunst
Date of Exhibition Event
1994
Location of Exhibition Event
Berlin, Germany
Materials
Rubber gloves, bronze pot, metal support
Dimensions
250 x 250 x 80 cm
Description
A large number of yellow rubber gloves are fixated upon a spiral (a total of six rounds) metal support. Within the gloves, the supports extend inward to the glove's insides from the spiral structure, helping the scattered gloves to erect to a degree, as if the pedals of a blossoming flower. At the center of the spiral structure, where the gloves embrace, sits a bronze pot. When light applies upon the installation, the metal surface of the pot reflect/refract parts of the illuminations, turning the pot itself into a parody of sun. What the "hands" are reaching to could be the suggested food in the pot -- Qiu here may want to hint the continually growing population in China consuming limited food resources; or it could be a radiating zenith of sun -- the glowing symbolism for hope, the spiritual "food" for the folks. (Qiu, Kreis, and more, Chinese Gate (catalogue), 1994, available on Zhou Documents); see also (Li, 中国身份与“似是而非”——“手仙”邱萍的世界, 2018, Ningbo Art Museum, available on http://www.nma.org.cn/article/2018/01/21631.html) (Jerry Wu'23).
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