DESIGN NAME:
The Upper Cave
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Sculpture
INSPIRATION:
Human beings can identify their own characteristics in many natural objects, whether they are animate or inanimate.The cavemen, the human fossils of the late Paleolithic period in North China.It got its name from the cave at the top of the Peking man site on longgu mountain in zhoukoudian, Beijing.This sculpture comes from the artist's thinking and yearning for the matriarchal society in early human history, and hopes to express the artist's understanding and awe of nature, primitive religion and motherhood.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The artist's artistic creation is a return to primitive art, seeking a natural state of mind that belongs to the realm of instinct.What really appeals to the modern artist in primitive art is its Simplified features, despite the lack of anecdotal statement, it presents a wonderful expression of strength and unspeakable spirituality.This kind of creation is only an expression of some real purpose, perhaps a religious purpose. It's not a theoretical thing, it's a fascinating influence or tradition. The creator hopes to present not only the external, but more essential thinking.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION:
When science and technology lead mankind to conquer nature. Large-scale mechanized production led to traumatic disorder in the relationship between people and his tools of labor. Labor becomes a tool, and a person is like a gear or a screw of a machine, can no longer find satisfaction in it. The artist hopes to return to the world view of animism through my works. Conveys human emotion and longing for freedom. Awaken contemporary people's awe of nature and some primitive memories hidden in our hearts.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION:
The project started in June 2018 and finished in September 2018 in Han Dong Studio in Beijing.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY:
Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY:
Sculpture uses three-dimensional space as an art form. In the process of creation, it is hoped that the form will reach the spiritual core. The prototype is made of clay sculpture, then it is turned into a resin material, and it is turned into copper and the end, and the surface is colored.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES:
Width 55cm x Depth 30cm x Height 77cm
TAGS:
sculpture, resin, prehistoric, Beijing, China
RESEARCH ABSTRACT:
Through modern humans' exploration and understanding of early human cultures and artworks, the primitive human's need for art and impulse to create may be more than modern people in some ways. At least, primitive people for art is a need for life, is a divine creation. The primitive human need for art and the impulse to create are the needs of life and the creation of divinity, so in this sense, the primitive art is more essential and noumenal. It is abstract and far from reality, but it is approaching spirituality. Intensely alive and bursting in all directions.
CHALLENGE:
This is an abstract work, The artist looks for feelings in the production process and trying to look for signs of life, It is not deliberately planned and designed, and it is full of risks and uncertainties in the creation process.This work lasted for three months. There is a standard for ending it, which is to hope that the audience will feel that when they appreciate it, this is its original appearance, which is more like a natural work than an artificial product.
ADDED DATE:
2019-02-12 06:55:53
TEAM MEMBERS (1) :
Dong Han
IMAGE CREDITS:
Image #1: Photographer Lei He, The Upper Cave,2018.
Image #2: Photographer Lei He, The Upper Cave,2018.
Image #3: Photographer Lei He, The Upper Cave,2018.
Image #4: Photographer Lei He, The Upper Cave,2018.
Image #5: Photographer Lei He, The Upper Cave,2018.
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