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SHI YONG 施勇
b. 1963, works and lives in Shanghai
SHI YONG 施勇
2021
Wall sticker, LED screen, hot rolled steel plate
| 内向 Turning Inward  Diameter:520.0
Edition of 3 + 2AP
SY_8474

T.S. Eliot's poem, The Waste Land, was plastered on the wall with wall stickers. Then scrape it off. Roll the remains of the wall stickers into a ball and place them at the end of the poem.


The Introduction of "Turning Inward"
The new concept typeface is constructed by disassembling and reassembling Chinese characters to an enclosing shape, and the new concept typefaces are installed in a circular structure, which strengthens the idea of “enclose”.

They were inspired by COVID-19:This word, considered as "defect" by all social systems, bypasses all different ideologies, easily disintegrating all grammars, disconnecting and closing each other. The artist realized that the word "defect" is the key to the method, which inspired him to build his thinking and practice on the level of Chinese characters and phrases, where he can respond and present the new reality that we have to face through his research.

Related Exhibitions:
The Exhibition of Annual of Contemporary Art of China 2021, 798 Art Center, Archives of Contemporary Art in China, Beijing; Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; Xiamen 12.17, 2022 -02.26, 2023
Shi Yong: Turning Inward, Until Disappearing, ShanghART, Shanghai 11.07, 2021 -02.15, 2022



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