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An Anonymous Gift2023

This is a contemporary fable: a mysterious gift opens onto a kingdom ruled by geese in red robes, where geese and fish-people, trapped in endless production, worship a meaningless statue at the center of the square. Through an absurdist narrative, the work refracts real-world power and oppression, mirrors the predicaments facing youth entering society, and invites viewers to reflect on structural problems that resist eradication.














80x80x60(cm), clay, cotton










Illustration

A global guide, the entire world is composed of factory production areas, canned food communities, fertility fountains, mountain slopes, and central sculptures



Showcasing the life cycle of fish, in order to ensure the high-quality bloodline of the race, they will
 draw lots within the population to select high-quality fish individuals for mating, and force the
 reproduction of small fish according to the prescribed quantity.



Showcased the living space of the fish man, who concentrated in the canned community, with four
 or five fish stacked in layers in a can.



Inside the factory, there is a huge mechanical stomach, and the fish and geese that jump in are
 digested and processed into uniform square shapes, transported by conveyor belts to unknown pits.
 However, this outcome cannot prevent them from rushing to join the renovation.



Goose people were not taken care of by their parents when they were young. After their parents grew old, young geese were forced to carry their immobile old geese up the mountain under the supervision of regulators.



The Goose Man and the Fish Man worship the strange sculpture at the center of the world together,
 because they are told that they can live a better life by making a wish to him. However, what they
 don't know is that this large sculpture is just an inflatable balloon, and after the sun sets, the
 regulators put it away.



Regulators are actually a group of dressed up geese, and the whole world is actually a theater. After
 removing their beautiful pupils and eye makeup, and taking off their clothes, they even smoke at the
 back door of the theater.




29.7x21(cm), dry-point etching