Wednesday, 25 June 2014

RRAW: Relation in Time - Li Tin Lun (critique)

"Relation in Time"


Relation in Time is a series of sculptures created by Li Tin Lun. The sculptures that he creates are of couples, a husband and a wife who seem to have layers to them. What I mean by layers is like what it looks like when you glue a stack of paper together then cut in to it diagonally, you can see the different layers of the pieces of papers. The couples also seem to have a negative and positive space to them. Although the sculptures are created in all white I'm still reminded of Yin and Yang. My interpretation of Yin and Yang is how the white dot within the black side represents how there is good in people who come off as bad and vise versa. 

After reading the passages about the work I found out that the subjects in the sculpture is actually the artist himself and his wife. They were sculptured from layers of computer generated cross-section images. The two figures complete each other. The man's negative space is filled by the woman's positive space and vice versa. What they mean by the two figures complete each other is the fact that if you literally place the two sculptures together on top of one another you will see that the two sculptures fit together therefore they both complete each other. 

The story that I can grasp from the sculptures is that the artist is trying to portray the fact that once you're married it's not just about you any more, everything that you do and every choice that you make not only effects you but effects your significant other as well. I also get a feeling that what he is trying to say is that there is that one person that is meant to complete you, although that sounds cliché the artist was obviously able to find the one person that completes him and fits his every need. I believe that cliché's aren't as bad as people set them out to be especially if someone is able to create an amazing series of work following that cliché.

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