Floating Object (Detail)

'This is the art piece I made for the exhibition held in Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, in March 2006. Anything about Taiwan has been [considered] sensitive in Chinese politics. The ice-breaking visit to the Mainland last year has opened a new window for the political atmosphere in both sides of the Strait. [Under such tension], the issue concerning Mainland’s offer to give a pair of pandas to Taiwan has been politicised infinitely. Certainly, Pandas are considered innocent here in the work; by using the cold-looking crystal and porcelain, I hope to demonstrate how mentally fragile and flimsy people are, and how they could blindly reject something simply because of fear.' (Text given by the artist to Asia Art Archive in 2013)

Alternative title

Piao Fu De Wu Ti (Xi Jie)

Access level

Online

Publication/Creation date

2006

Medium

Crystal, porcelain

Dimension

60cm × 26cm × 12cm

Content type

artwork documentation

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Floating Object (Detail), 漂浮的物體 (細節)