困st
05.11.21 – 10.11.21
Det kinesiske tegnet 困 uttales "kun" og har flere betydninger, inkludert "være rammet", fanget, søvnig og vanskelig". Ved å kombinere det norske ordet "kunst" med det kinesiske tegnet, ønsker Xin Liang og Tansiyu Chen å diskutere billedkunstens kulturelle og politiske begrensninger og deres egne erfaringer med å bygge en identitet som kvinnelige kinesiske kunstnere.
Xin Liang
"The dynamic atmosphere here brought me to recognize the theme of Trapped
Branches. I used plastic bags as the main material of my objects to express natural plants
trapped by environmental pollution. Hence, I do hope to interpret and express the feelings I felt to some extent in the representation of the trapped plants, to arouse people’s
awareness of the inseparable relationship between human and nature, materials and
surrounding and of course, us."
Tansiyu Chen
"Having experienced censorship in my native language, I am now building my own language with visual art through varied materials, telling stories of women as individuals, and those people who have been trapped like me. The exhibition 困st is a visual duet of me and Xin as two female artists who have a similar background and different life experiences."