Artworks

He Xiangyu

4 Ice Creams

Plywood, metal, glass-fiber reinforced plastic, acrylic

Chair: 82 x 42 x 42 in (208.3 x 106.7 x 106.7 cm); Ice creams: 12 x 6 x 15 in (30.5 x 15.2 x 38.1 cm)

(Inv# HX20-002)

The chair, missing one leg and being restituted by casted and painted ice creams, humorously stimulates the viewer’s imagination. According to He, “the lack corresponds to our own flaw as human beings. However, we tend to make up for the defect by our own imagination and fantasy.” The object incites the natural psychological and intellectual reactions of viewers coming into contact with the artwork, to surpass the boundary dividing the two.