Yesterday Is a
Different Day
In my current series of work, I am strongly interested and driven by contrasts.
With a move from Europe to China in 2007, it might be obvious that the ingredients of my work derive from the new influences that now surround me. The differences that can be found in the cultural backgrounds, the diversity of people and the new way of living nourish my thinking.
The contrasts of traditional & modern, old & new, male & female, growth & decay, fake & void, intrigue me and are mirrored in my pieces that find their centre point in the imagery of the flower-selling-ladies of Shanghai's streets.
These women seem to belong to a different century, they seem to be witnesses of another time but are still perfectly capable of coping with the speed of a modern world. Both, the women and the flowers, can be seen on a similar level of appreciation: They seem to be delicate and vulnerable but just know too well how to dull their audience with a sweet scent that reaches from delight to intolerability.
The female notion that accompanies the being of a flower, its power, bloom, playfulness and seductiveness, even up to the suspicion of/and being fake inspires my making, being opposed to natural processes, time and decay.
HUA DENG,
Brooch/Necklace
DOU YOU HAVE A MAP?
'CAUSE I'M LOST IN
YOUR EYES,
LING BLING, Brooch
BIG FANNY, Brooch
IS THIS IT?, Brooch
SPACE DENG, Brooch
PINK TRADITION,
Brooch
LONG TIME NO GREEN,
QIAN QIAN,
Necklace
SEXY GOLDFISH,
Earrings
DOUBLE FAKE, Brooch
LONG LONG, Brooch
'Yesterday Is a Different Day' was created in 2009, except for 'Pink Tradition' in 2008.
Materials: Steel, Fake Nails, Nail Varnish, enamel, Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf, Cubic Zirkonia, Glass, Polyester, Cotton, Rust, freshwater pearls, LED, LED screen, fabric, Cable, Light Switch, plastic, elastic band, stainless steel.
YU LAN, Necklace
EMMA & CLARA,
BING BING, Brooch
13, Necklace
Shanghai Flower Lady
