The whole exhibition space was huuuuuuuuge, what always annoys me about these sorts of things is how big it is!
There is always just too much to have to take in for my liking.
The few pieces that I actually managed to take a photo of was " I want to know what infinity is" by Shen Shaomin.
This life size silica gel, electrical machinery is 78cm x 145cm x58cm.
This old lady is all exposed, sunbathing on a deck chair on a big mound of sea salt. Her tummy moves up and down making her look like she is breathing, I feel Shaomin really captures the bleakness of reaching that age.
At first it might seem he is trying to capture the serenity of being old but the composition of salt, the deck chair and the old lady creates a hostile and cold atmosphere.
His other work "I sleep on top of myself" are also machines, but instead of an old lady, there are baby animals hairless and lying on mounds of salt, some breath and some are still.
Stripping of the fur and feathers of these baby animals and putting them on a mound of salt can connote ideas about problems we are facing with our environment and our society today.
Shaomin really captures the vulnerability of these innocent baby animals, they are alone with no mother and striped of their outer layer that would protect them from the world.
Exhibition is still on at Osage Gallery check out their website:
http://www.osagegallery.com/
But to something less dark and less meaningful is this cute pig sculpture by Richard Jackson.
"Big Pig" is made of Stainless steel and wood.
I WANT ONE!!!
I ALSO WANT THIS!!!
OHHHHHH MYYYYYYY is it not just sooooooooo cuuuuuuuuuuute!!!! hehehehehe
From England's Pennywell it's so cute i think I might die from the cuteness ahhhhhh!!!
