Participant Information
First Name: Pengxiang
Last Name: Feng
Self-introduction:
Feng Pengxiang, born in June 1998 in Nanyang, Henan Province, is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Sculpture at the Chinese National Academy of Arts. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts, Zhengzhou University. He is a member of the Henan Artists Association and serves as a part-time instructor in the Sculpture Department of the Academy of Fine Arts, Zhengzhou University.
Design Information
Title: Who Am I
Description:
"Who am I? Precisely because none of us knows who we are, we seek a truth."
The Who Am I series explores the relationship between the individual and society. It employs digital technology to fuse digital language with traditional sculptural language, using uniform figurative kinetic modules and visual forms to express the varied states of an individual on the path of artistic exploration.
Who Am I · The Unknown: This work abstracts and hollows out the human body, equipping it with a space helmet to convey the mystery of people, events, and objects, expressing human contemplation of the unknown realms of existence.
Who Am I · The Fragmented: Viewed directly from the front, the figure appears whole within a book. However, with a slight shift in perspective, the figure becomes incomplete except for the parts hidden within the pages. This represents how individuals, influenced by the information explosion, no longer thirst for knowledge in the same way; an overload of information disrupts judgment and choice, leading to a gradual fragmentation and loss of the authentic "self."
Who Am I · The Concealed: Through realistically rendered fabric folds concealing a "person," this piece provokes reflection on human nature. "Fear of failure, reclusive personality, feeling worthless…" one slowly hides oneself away, though no one deliberately chooses to become an "invisible person."
Who Am I · The Stag Path: Combining a stag's head with the figurative kinetic module, this work expresses a state of elegance and tranquility, reflecting the individual's beautiful aspiration and hope for the future on the artistic journey.
Who Am I · The Illusion: The human form is abstracted into planar segments, and mirror paper applied to the surface creates multiple refractions with ambient light. Different environments produce different appearances, suggesting the need to find more meaning for one's existence in the world, or perhaps one has too many illusions and insatiable desires, craving absolute security.
Who Am I · The Rubik's Cube: Extracting the cubic element from a Rubik's Cube, numerous cubes entangle the body. A Rubik's Cube begins in orderly perfection; even when scrambled, the desire remains to restore it to its original state. Looking back, the image one desperately sought to attain seems to grow increasingly distant.
Who Am I · The Bubble: Combining negative spherical forms with a hollowed human figure, this work expresses lament for a "bubble-like" life. Family bubbles, marriage bubbles, career bubbles, economic bubbles—all beautiful things are like bubbles, transient and impermanent.
