Self portrait XUEJING WANG
Xuejing Wang’s artistic practice spans sculptures, installations, and paintings. She experiments with various materials, often repurposing household waste and discarded items such as used tea bags, chewing gum wrappers, egg cartons, or fallen leaves from an autumnal park. By meticulously manipulating these materials through glueing or sewing, she juxtaposes them to create works with a diffuse visual character, imbued with order, rhythm, and form.
Thirty-Six Lemon-Bonbons
Wang graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts under Prof. Karsten Konrad in July 2024. The works displayed were part of this year’s degree show. Her art primarily focuses on women, exploring their invisible labour, the wounds inflicted by society, and the fragility imposed upon them. Yet, it also seeks to highlight the strength of women, which becomes evident when they can live freely.
Suture: Tree Trunk
‘Several of my friends had babies last year, all by caesarean section. Instead of feeling relieved after the delivery, most of them were depressed. One of them told me that she no longer felt beautiful – because of her dilated vagina, sagging belly, and, worst of all, the terrible scar. I think about the significance of scars. Every scar is a reminder of what we have overcome. As women, we have the choice not to have children, and we can have the courage to be proud of the scar that signifies the birth of a new life. These scars are beautiful.’ – Xuejing Wang
Suture: Clementines
‘It was winter; I had a lot of clementines at home. The round clementine is like a round belly. I ate the fruit and left the peel behind, as if I had given it a caesarean section. I sewed the peeled skin together and returned it to its original shape.’ – Xuejing Wang
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