Feng Zhixuan

Feng Zhixuan
Vast Similitude Spans All- Establishing A Monumental Pillar
2022
Oyster shells, volcanic stones, coral bones, polyurethane refrigerator insulation and flame retardant fillers, permeable concrete, galvanized pipes, steel cables and other accessories, polytunnel ground anchors
2000 x 1500 x 1400 cm

“The white sandalwood Maitreya Buddha statue in the Lama Temple, Moai, Stonehenge, and obelisks… When facing these colossi on the earth surface that span time and space and standing in their immense shadows, I often ponder how the ancients lifted them up and erected them forever.”

Oyster shells, volcanic stones, and coral bones as filter materials for water quality control; thermal insulation and flame retardant polyurethane fillers for refrigerators; permeable concrete on the surface of ecological slope protection systems… These materials exist in the crevice of the city and are congealed in a dried up gutter at the chicken farm, before being propped up and erected.

About Feng Zhixuan：
Feng Zhixuan (b.1993, Zhejiang, China) received his BA from China Academy of Art in 2015 and MA from Royal College of Art in 2018. He is constantly inspired by multiple life and artistic experiences. His work provokes cultural resonance through gradations of non-fictional materials, which he uses to produce historical action. The cultural elements in his works are revealed from a highly personalized material form, transformed through historical and improvisational narratives, thus creating nomadic civilizations that function across time and space.