Almost Collapsing Balance
临 界 之 躯 (2020 - Ongoing)



身体与平衡是艺术家在《临界之躯》中持续关注的母题。受启于过往习得的木偶制作技术,尤其是关节间的连接和制衡,艺术家得以复现具有强烈张力的日常瞬间。这些作品或接近倒塌,或受强压,或追逐、纠缠,它们皆处于失衡的边缘,临近身体的极限。艺术家持续探索用物理极限的方式表现心灵的临界点,亦进一步思索我们如何平衡自身内部的矛盾,个人与周遭的冲突。

The artist channels her experience of making and performing with marionettes into her sculptures to encompass flexible joints and detachable appendages. Mechanical limits between the joints incarnate a critical state of the mind, granting the sculptures a balanced structure and a static momentum.





︎06 - Headwind 逆风





Headwind 逆风, 2023
hand-colored limewood, stainless steel
手工上色椴木、不锈钢
103 x 130 x 81 cm
40 1/2 x 51 x 32 in





In Headwind (2023), the figure ferociously resists against an invisible force that seems to be suppressing, twisting and deforming their body. Their head and limbs deviate extensively from the body's natural axis, creating a strong sense of motion. The technical challenge the artist encountered while creating the work is also what she invites viewers to consider on a metaphysical level: How to maintain stability and balance in extreme movement and change?



《逆风》(2023)中极具表现力的身体似乎被某种不可见的强大力量所压制、扭曲和变形,这具身体的每个关节、每寸筋骨似乎都在用尽气力去抵御这不可抗力。雕塑的头部和肢体极大地偏离了身体的中轴线,这赋予了身体强烈的动感。艺术家在创作这件作品时遇到的技术上的挑战亦是她希望观者在形而上层面去思考的:如何在极端的动态和变化中维持稳定和平衡?