Chinese herbal medicines hang in resin, recovering in Wen Liu’s skeleton sculpture – Huge
“In traditional Chinese medicine, treatment is prescribed through dialogue – people can communicate internal pain as a condition for recovery.” In moments of pain and discomfort, it is particularly difficult to accurately describe our physical feelings, especially difficult to receive treatment, but as Liu points out, it is also a translatorial act that can almost feel impossible when suffering and speaking a second language or a second language.
The Shanghai-born artist now lives in Brooklyn and draws on this reality for her sculptures that hang hay in colored resin. When her father passed away, Liu began to incorporate these natural prescriptions into her practice to make grief and explore healing through cultural connections. ”
The molded structures are painted in lilac, green or silver, and are architectural and skeletonous, while the herbal part evokes stained glass windows often seen in churches, cathedrals and fragile human films. Although the human-size “in light, the edge produces” the human-size “has a spine on the spine in the center, many works are attached to the wall.
Liu’s approach to filtering through these surfaces has attracted attention and appears on the other side as a sacred, twisted beam of color. She added: “This refracted lighting provides a sensory language that, besides speech, reflects the project’s exploration of emotions such as grief, healing processes, and inadequate emotions in capturing life experiences.”
Liu constantly mixes Eastern and Western traditions, instilling a sense of harmony and balance in her works. She tends toward symmetry, showing her sculptures almost like Rorschach’s test, inviting viewers to have exquisite therapeutic conversations.
Antidote As of June 21, before the GAA Gallery in New York. Liu is currently working on her exhibition opening this month in Tang Contemporary Art Beijing, where you can explore more on her website and Instagram. (via young space)
