Soft and Warm Bathtub and It’s Cast-Off

Soft and Warm Bathtub and It’s Cast-Off
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Soft and Warm Bathtub and It’s Cast-Off

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Soft and Warm Bathtub and It’s Cast-Off (Bathtub)

1998. Pink Yarn, Epoxy Resin, Aluminum. 75 x 153x 50 cm.

Artist’s Hand Knitting.

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Soft and Warm Bathtub and It’s Cast-Off (Cast-off)

1998. Acryl, Silicon. 85 x 179 x 53 cm.

This narrative of engagement and marriage leads to the story of a middle-class woman. A bathtub knitted in pink yarns speaks about the futility of the rosy dream contained in the image of Barbie. This dream of the future turns out to be as void as a meticulously knitted bathtub uselessly dripping and oozing the water it is incapable of holding. Since the process of its fabrication has demanded so much time and patience, the futility of the empty dream is that much more marked.

Yun, NanJie (Art History)
-Transcribe a passage from the critique of the second solo exhibition