Sunflower series
2019
There is a common online phenomenon in China. When netizens express their opinion on social software and other online platform, they add "I am not alone" at the end, in order to gain recognition. In essence, this is the use of herd mentality.
However, the answers to this question has a double meanings : 1.You are not alone, you have us; 2. You are not a person. The series of works are my explorations that attempt to respond to this phenomenon.
You Are Not Alone
Mixed media, 200 × 100 × 60cm, 2019
On the perspective of onlookers, the sunflowers in the field are surging around the sun, receiving the light wave.
I Am Not Alone
Lacquer painting with projection
Size may vary
2019
Upward Spiral, oil on canvas,
40 × 40cm, 2019
It is like looking down from the perspective of God to understand the actions and cultrue of sunflower groups. This painting focus on the meaning and value of the existence of their herd behavior. When people are standing at the centre and overlooking the followers, whether they can understand the "light source" and the activity state of sunflowers similar to religious ceremony more deeply, and explore the understanding and reaction of symbols imprinted in people's memory.
