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Qi Wang

All About Lotus

 

 

The mathematical forms that describe three-dimensional structures have the potential to inhabit a fourth dimension. I'm interested in the space between what can be made from metal as real material in space, and what can be imagined mathematically. I assemble simple, modular shapes of lines and planes into jewelry, and when people wear these objects in motion, the hidden space in them shifts and changes from different angles and perspectives. At the same time, I am very interested in Chinese ancient poetry culture. Thus, in my later works I tried to combine Chinese ancient poetry to do my work. Ancient poems and Chinese culture have a very interesting point that is different from Western culture, which is "implicit". Therefore, most of the soft clays in my works were used by monochrome, but they were between the enthusiasm and directness of Western culture. Thus, in some works I tried to add a slightly stronger color. Tao Yuanming described the lotus as "out of mud but not soft nor demon". I personally like this poem very much, so most of the elements are related to lotus, such as lotus, stem, lotus leaf. Among them, the most applied one is lotus leaf. The lotus leaf itself is very special, and more people look at the flower than the leaf when watching the lotus flower. From the other side, this is a kind of implicit. Using leaves that are not often concerned about works to make the arts. Here is what I did: reusing different sizes of lotus leaves, cutting a gap and inlaying them from different angles of connection to make another shape. I hope that Western viewers can image of Chinese culture when they see my work. When they view my work from different angles and see different contents, they can realize different cultures from many other perspectives.


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