News | WU Houting's Public Art launched at Hu Shi Guang Art Eco Site

 

WU Houting｜Public Art

 

汖门｜Pìn Mén

 

 

Hu Shi Guang Art Eco Site, Longyou China 

 

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Pìn Mén: The geometric mirroring of the mountains and rivers

 

 

Simplify the mountains, water, and rocks along the Hú riverside into a geometrical form of door shapes. Pìn Mén made of a stainless-steel mirror, stands between the mountains and rivers, reflecting the shadows of clouds, trees, and the ripp of water, letting people walk into the poetry of the world of mirrors. The character Pìn points to a place with picturesque scenery, and a stitching of natural boundaries and shorelines. The form of the door is between old and new history, between nature and art, and a psychological transition between people. Pìn Mén captures a sense of power and infectiousness. Especially when confronted with nature, the vision is not covered and the feeling is not bound, there is enough aura to stretch out in nature, a future form and exploration of local art.

 

 

 

A piece of art changes when placed in the wide expanse of nature. Indoors, the work is relatively safe. Delicate conceptions and ideas can be carefully watched and felt in a small space. But outdoors, nature is very vast and free. The natural landscape serves as a contrast that can cover up the small, delicate things, and the sensibility of the work is diminished. In a way, the artist's work contrasts and connects with natural objects. The demands on the artist, therefore, go a step deeper. A creator needs to have enough power to make the work stand truly "between" nature. Looking back from the perspective of actual creation, the artist feels that Pìn Mén has many layers and is derived step by step.

 

 

At the beginning of its creation, its primary concern was locality and how it relates to the surrounding space and environment. For this work, the site was chosen to be the old pier on the shore of Longyou Lakeside. The old pier was where villagers and merchants worked on the water in the old days. Now, the villagers have a more modern lifestyle. This place has changed from a pier to a place for the village people to play and do laundry.

 

 

 

The sculpture is located at the location of the old pier, which is the boundary between water and land, and also the stitching point of mountains, water, and people. WU Houting: "So when I was creating the work, I simplified the mountains, water, and rocks along the pier and the Hú riverside into a single geometric form, and then stacked these different forms into the shape of a door. Just as the name of this work '汖门 Pìn Mén' suggests. The character '汖Pìn' points to a place with picturesque scenery, a natural boundary, and stitching of the shoreline. The form of the door is a transition between spaces. It is a psychological transition between old and new history, between nature and art, and between people."

 

28 November 2023