Eternity – Large torso of a man known as nude Ares, Cycladic Fertility Goddess of the Aegean

2025

Resin, stainless steel, mineral pigments

150 x 107 x 350 cm

Eternity is a series of sculptural installations that fuses together and immortalizes classics of art history and great civilizations. Statues of Greek gods or Chinese divinities and Modern Art sculptures are replicated using mineral composite, taking on the form of visual hybrids.  Eternity brings global civilization into a broader perspective, showing through the East - West cultural impact/collision, the historical influence of the traditional Orient and the modern Occident on contemporary life. Two kinds of visual experiences provide viewers with neither close nor distant perception of cultural heritage. The use of forms and aesthetics between the East and the West, ancient and modern, figurative and abstract, creates a timeless classic moment.

 

The work reconstructs the narrative logic of art history by combining the torso of the Roman god Ares (1st–2nd century AD) from the Louvre with the body of a fertility goddess from the Aegean Cycladic culture (c. 4500 BC), bridging a time and geographical gap of five thousand years. By deconstructing classics, breaking conventions, and recombining them in a unique way, the work interweaves civilizational traces from different eras and regions, producing a radical visual and cultural impact and constructing a new interpretation of civilization and history.

Eternity – Large torso of a man known as nude Ares, Cycladic Fertility Goddess of the Aegean

2025

Resin, stainless steel, mineral pigments

150 x 107 x 350 cm

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