Tethered Boundaries

作品名称：牵引的边界（Tethered Boundaries）
媒介：混合媒介装置（油画、雕塑、绳索、综合材料）
尺寸：可变
创作时间：2019

作品说明

《牵引的边界》以装置艺术的形式探讨自然、身体与全球化之间的复杂关系。画布上描绘的生肉肌理仿佛一片翻腾的有机地貌，暗示着生命的脆弱性、物质性以及人类对自然资源的消费和依赖。悬挂在画布上的生香肠延续了这种身体性，同时也指涉食物链、商品化与循环的概念。

绳索从画布垂落，连接至地面上的“地球”——一个被扭曲的瑜伽球，其表面既绘制了地图，也描绘了雪山，形成了一种现实与象征的融合。雪山象征着自然的宏伟与冷峻，而地图则承载着人类对世界的分类与划分。这种组合让地球成为一个矛盾体，既是自然的产物，又是人类认知与控制的对象。

地球前方，石膏制作的手指散落地面，像是被截断的历史痕迹，既可能代表失去，也可能意味着人的介入与创造。而最前方的陶瓷云朵，轻盈而脆弱，似乎是整个作品中唯一带有某种虚幻与希望的元素，它悬浮在这片充满牵引与张力的景观之中。

本作品通过食物、身体、地理、自然元素的组合，展现了个体与世界之间微妙的关联，邀请观者思考人在全球化语境中的位置，以及人与自然、文明与野性的边界究竟何在。

Title: Tethered Boundaries
Medium: Mixed media installation (oil painting, sculpture, rope, and various materials)
Dimensions: Variable
Year: 2019

Artist Statement

Tethered Boundaries explores the intricate relationship between nature, the human body, and globalization through a mixed-media installation. The canvas features a textured depiction of raw meat, resembling an undulating organic landscape, evoking themes of bodily fragility, materiality, and humanity’s dependence on natural resources. Suspended from the painting are raw sausages, extending the bodily associations while referencing consumption, commodification, and cyclical processes.

Ropes descend from the canvas, connecting to a distorted “Earth” – a repurposed yoga ball painted with both a world map and snow-capped mountains. This fusion of cartography and natural imagery highlights the tension between human-defined territories and the untouched vastness of nature. The snow-capped peaks evoke grandeur and remoteness, while the map underscores human intervention and geopolitical boundaries, turning the Earth into a paradoxical object—both a natural entity and a subject of control.

In front of the Earth, scattered plaster fingers lay on the floor, resembling severed remnants of history—symbols of loss, intervention, or transformation. Further ahead, delicate ceramic clouds hover as the only ethereal element in this otherwise tethered and tension-filled composition. Fragile yet light, they suggest an ambiguous space between weight and weightlessness, reality and aspiration.

By incorporating elements of food, the human body, geography, and nature, this work visualizes the intricate and often paradoxical connections between individuals and the world. It invites viewers to reflect on their position within globalization, questioning the shifting boundaries between humans, nature, civilization, and the wild.