Annie  Yuan  Zhuang
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Body Seller
2020

Found objects, used clothes, food packaging, mask, etc.
Dimension variable (as print photography or physical garment)身体贩卖
2020年

旧衣服、食品包装袋、口罩、快递包装材料等
尺寸可变



"Body Seller," shot in an enclosed residence courtyard in Greenwich Village, New York City, is a photography series of up-cycled garments made by the artist. The series reflects a dream world of self solitude under a global lock-down. The main figure in the piece is covered from head to toe with materials obtained from daily life. A secondary figure is a mint green frog-shaped creature entirely made from an old sweater. Three other creatures made from air packets and old turtle neck shirts crawl on the back of the main figure. The garment and each figures are made with old clothes inherited from a friend.

The fantasized dreamland of self is reality induced, and in fact, a part of reality where the true self exists in this world. Elements such as facial covering, air packets from online deliveries, and snack packaging reflect the daily life under Covid-19 lock-down in New York City. All garments in the piece are made from old clothes by the artist. Items remade from three turtlenecks, two button-up shirts, and one pair of corduroy pants.
“身体贩卖”是在纽约格林威治村中一个密闭的庭院拍摄的摄影系列作品。它反映了在长达三个月的居家隔离孤独期，那个向内的、属于自己的世界。作品中的主体从头到脚都被衣物包裹着。眼部有两片Pop Tart零食包装纸剪成的圆形，黏贴在布料上的两个洞前。主体可以从这简易的手工留下的缝隙中瞥见外面的世界。其次是一个薄荷绿色的青蛙形状生物，它由一件针织毛衣和填充棉做成。最后，三个由网购包裹附赠的空气包和三件高领纯棉衫做成的小人个肩搭背，趴在主体的背上。

这个亦幻想亦真是的世界源自于现实，同时也是客观存在的现实的一部分。它代表了艺术家主体存在于这个世界上的一个形式。例如面部遮挡、网购快递包裹、零食包装等元素反映了艺术家在纽约格林威治村的隔离生活。同时也影射了一个与世隔绝的、属于个人的小世界。作品中的服饰全由艺术家本人利用旧衣改造制成。一共用到了三件纯棉高领衫、两件衬衫、一条灯芯绒裤子。




© 2024 Annie Yuan Zhuang