" The Open " 《敞开者》by Xiang Jing (2006)
Background :
This is a large scale sculpture of a nude woman. The size is 360cm X 610cm X 360cm. It is made by painted fiber glass. This art work had been display in many different exhibitions. Such as, Beijing. This work is strong sense of Feminism. Also it gains many people to question the social value of the woman.
How this art work relate to the contemporary art?
First, material using of the art piece.
The artist use contemporary material. According the technology develop faster in recent decades, many new material was innovated by scientist or artist. Xaing Jing tries to use new material to apply in her art work. According Xiang Jing use the fiber glass, the sculpture become more realistic. Just like a human body's skin.
Second, the context of the sculpture is related to the social problem in world, especially in China.
In my opinion, i think this is the most big reason that why " The Open " is contemporary art. The context of this sculpture is the point that attracts me a lot. It connects to the contemporary culture. Also, it raises the concern of female in China. We can separate in few parts to analysis that how this art work relates to the social issues.
In my opinion, i think this is the most big reason that why " The Open " is contemporary art. The context of this sculpture is the point that attracts me a lot. It connects to the contemporary culture. Also, it raises the concern of female in China. We can separate in few parts to analysis that how this art work relates to the social issues.
The Big Scale of Female's Body
The scale of the sculpture is really big. As we can see the photo form the right hand side. I think it is ironic presentation. In many places, the social value of the woman are normally lower that the man's. Usually, man is bigger than the female. No matter in the human nature or physically, woman is small. It seems they are less power to speak out their wishes.
A Nude Female's Body
Most of her sculptures are woman in nude. From this art work, you can see that she emphasize the subjective creative perspective. All the things are personally . it is because Xiang Jing is a female. So, the image of the female is different form what the man expected. From this art piece, i think that Xiang Jing wants to express the imbalance situation in the world. That is the problem that exist in the society from the long long time ago. We can see the passive and the active relation between female and man. i think she wants to present that man will create many layers of camouflage when they watching a girl. They give the oppressive pressure to the woman.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Jing_(artist)
http://art.china.cn/focusart/2010-03/12/content_3415737.htm
http://big5.china.cn/gate/big5/art.china.cn/focusart/2010-03/12/content_3415562.htm
The scale of the sculpture is really big. As we can see the photo form the right hand side. I think it is ironic presentation. In many places, the social value of the woman are normally lower that the man's. Usually, man is bigger than the female. No matter in the human nature or physically, woman is small. It seems they are less power to speak out their wishes.
A Nude Female's Body
Most of her sculptures are woman in nude. From this art work, you can see that she emphasize the subjective creative perspective. All the things are personally . it is because Xiang Jing is a female. So, the image of the female is different form what the man expected. From this art piece, i think that Xiang Jing wants to express the imbalance situation in the world. That is the problem that exist in the society from the long long time ago. We can see the passive and the active relation between female and man. i think she wants to present that man will create many layers of camouflage when they watching a girl. They give the oppressive pressure to the woman.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiang_Jing_(artist)
http://art.china.cn/focusart/2010-03/12/content_3415737.htm
http://big5.china.cn/gate/big5/art.china.cn/focusart/2010-03/12/content_3415562.htm
