Zhang Yanzi 章燕紫
Sanctuary 宫, 2016
Ink on analgesic plasters 止痛貼、水墨
30 x 20 cm; 42 x 62 cm; 42 x 43 cm; 20 x 52 cm; 20 x 52 cm
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Zhang Yanzi’s artworks “Sanctuary” and “Scar” are inspired by a museum collection of a delivery bed that was used during labor years ago. Using the delivery bed as a prototype,...
Zhang Yanzi’s artworks “Sanctuary” and “Scar” are inspired by a museum collection of a delivery bed that was used during labor years ago. Using the delivery bed as a prototype, Zhang expresses her respect and admiration for woman’s endurance of pain during childbirth through these artworks. A variety of herbal plants were depicted on each piece of analgesic plaster, fully wrapped around to form the artwork “Sanctuary”. The latest creation differs from the previous one as the images of Buddha are replaced by the drawings of medicinal plants. The artist outlines the medicinal plants skillfully using ink and wash on old-fashioned brown analgesic patches; the presented visual representation of medicinal plants is optically refreshing. The obvious symbolic meanings, together with the holes on the patches, construct a unique sense, easing the strong sentiment aroused by the delivery bed and giving out a certain intimate emotion of psychological comfort.
章燕紫的《宮》、《痕》這兩件作品,以香港醫學博物館收藏的香港西醫接生用的一張早期床為原型,借助這個不斷孕育生命的床,表達了她作為一個女人、
一個母親對生命誕生的痛感和敬意。《宮》用繪滿各類草藥的止痛貼包裹覆蓋—材料延續了藝術家的過往創作,只是將「佛影」置換為百種草藥。藝術家用
其擅長的水墨丹青勾勒於淡淡古意的棕黃色醫學布質貼片之上,這種具有明顯象征意義的圖像特征,配合止痛貼特有透氣孔組成的別致形式感,緩和了「產
床」自身帶有的強烈色彩,賦予了作品某種私密情感的心理慰藉。
章燕紫的《宮》、《痕》這兩件作品,以香港醫學博物館收藏的香港西醫接生用的一張早期床為原型,借助這個不斷孕育生命的床,表達了她作為一個女人、
一個母親對生命誕生的痛感和敬意。《宮》用繪滿各類草藥的止痛貼包裹覆蓋—材料延續了藝術家的過往創作,只是將「佛影」置換為百種草藥。藝術家用
其擅長的水墨丹青勾勒於淡淡古意的棕黃色醫學布質貼片之上,這種具有明顯象征意義的圖像特征,配合止痛貼特有透氣孔組成的別致形式感,緩和了「產
床」自身帶有的強烈色彩,賦予了作品某種私密情感的心理慰藉。