Vol. 3 Jiang Jie
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Jiang Jie is one of the most active sculptors in China nowadays. Her art has always been exploring humanity and what happens in the margin of the society. In the summer of 2018, she was invited to participate in CHAO special art program 72 Artists and their Guests.
What attracted Jiang Jie are the bathrobes in the room. Usually they would be hung in the wardrobe, unwrapped, but here the situation is different. Jiang decided to create a sculpture with these bathrobes, instead of the routine number of two, she recreated three pieces of them.
Jiang Jie immersed three bathrobes in paraffin. In this way, she could build a connection between two completely different white materials, and create simple but rich interpretation in the limited space of the guest room. Jiang fixed the softness of fabric and the transience of time with paraffin.
People usually see two bathrobes in guest rooms, but here you have three. Even more oddly, they look soft, but actually hard and heavy. Jiang Jie presents a familiar but strange scene. What's the story of the third bathrobe? Behind the simple intention, the artist invites viewers to imagine more.
72 ARTISTS & THEIR GUESTS
In early 2018, CHAO Art Center launched the art program "72 artists and their guests”. We plan to select 72 out of 180 guest rooms as special space allotting to contemporary art. These guest rooms will be provided to artists worldwide by commission, to create original artworks which are going to interact with future guests. As the project progressed, the unique uncertainty included will provoke new ideas and exploration about the concept of where art can happen. You are going to have chances to witness how great artists realize their works through different ways in this special circumstance.
CHAO would like to present 72 kinds of aesthetics, 72 perspectives the world and 72 experiences engaging with art. In these art rooms, guests are able to find their own way to interact with contemporary art in a very relaxing situation.