Xu Zhifeng
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Texts
- Mona Lisa Smileless, Mixed media installation, Dimensions variable, 2010
- Xu Zhifeng, “5 Pound Thermos,” thermos, scale modified by the artist, concrete, 13.2 x 17.2 x 35.2cm, 2014
- Xu Zhifeng, Glass No. 1 Glass, reinforcement steel, concrete 61x17x17 cm, 2012
- “Concrete Bonsai,” mixed media, pomegranate, soil, ferrocement and concrete, concrete base size: 34 x 17 x 8.5cm, bonsai size excl. concrete base: 30 x 40 x 30cm, 2013
Exhibitions
- What if Objects Could Talk?March 29th, 2014 - May 26th, 2014
- Learning from the Literati 4
September 14th, 2013 - October 29th, 2013 - Learning from the Literati 3
September 5th, 2012 - October 10th, 2012 - Shifting Definitions November 6th, 2010 - December 18th, 2010
Xu Zhifeng, “5 Pound Thermos,” thermos, scale modified by the artist, concrete, 13.2 x 17.2 x 35.2cm, 2014
The work consists of 1:1 concrete cast of a conventional Chinese thermos, a domestic brand established in 1984, it was widely used in the 80s, and can hardly be found nowadays. The red plastic thermos represents my disappeared childhood, a lifestyle abandoned and replace by electric kettles and hot water showers. One’s memories are always very personal and perceptual. I use the cement material to desaturate the color, and harden the plastic form, to make the temperature of the object cooler, and especially to represent weight of the things lost from our minds. So in other words, this sculpture work embodies a 3d representation of my childhood memories.
