Because I am in the Mountain

Installation with coal coke and mixed materials
2017
只缘身在此山中
煤渣及综合材料装置

This sculpture presents a panoramic miniature of a contemporary landscape made from coal coke, the synthetic material that results from burning coal. In this work, Danwen Xing creates a contrast between the polluting medium and the scene depicted. Confusion is triggered speechlessly by the divergence between the apparent disaster that is contemporary life and the beautiful vision of a natural landscape from traditional Chinese ink art. Xing expresses clear concern for the threatened nature, but more importantly, she borrows a phrase from Chinese philosophy: standing on Mount Lu means that one cannot see its true face. She engages with a visible symbolic complex, recognizing that it is impossible to observe objectively when we are lost within ourselves.

这件装置作品的材料主要是煤碳燃烧后的合成物“煤渣”,以此来呈现描绘的当代风景的全景缩影。在作品中,艺术家在污染媒介的材质和描绘的景观之间建立了尖锐的对比和反差。当下生活的灾难性污染和中国传统水墨式的自然美景,无言中形成了一种困惑之感。作品明确地表达了对人类生存环境受到威胁的关注,更重要的是艺术家借鉴了苏东坡的诗“不知庐山真面目,只缘身在此山中”的寓意,指出作为“当局者迷”的人类,活在自我意识中而无法看清真相。

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