The Yellow Vessel - Absent Gallery

The Yellow Vessel: Patriarchy, Orientalism and Introspection
黄色容器：父权制、东方主义与自视

2023
Jingyi Li
Silk, polyester, rigilene
Variable size
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Jingyi Li

Work Statement:

Are we yellow vessels?

Jingyi Li’s work, The Yellow Vessel features silk sculptures constructed to evoke the form of the Yellow woman and encourages the audience to reflect on how East Asian female are viewed culturally, though the male gaze, the Imperial gaze and how asian females may see themselves as a result of this cultural baggage. She mimics the form of East Asian vessels in her work, emphasizing their similarity to the female body.

The work reflects the development of her feminist consciousness where her own lived experience ran parallel to her changing interpretation of traditional Chinese art forms. The work deliberately exaggerates these conventions, in order deconstruct them, for the audience. This highlights how culture can colonize, materialialise and fetishise the female body.

李婧怡的作品《黄色容器》以丝绸雕塑为特色，唤起人们对黄种女人形态的联想，并鼓励观众反思东亚女性在文化上是如何被看待的，包括男性凝视、帝国凝视，以及亚洲女性在这种文化包袱下是如何看待自己的。她在作品中模仿东亚器皿的形态，强调它们与女性身体的相似性。
作品反映了她女性主义意识的发展，她的生活经历与她对中国传统艺术形式不断变化的诠释并行不悖。作品故意夸大这些传统，以便为观众解构它们。这凸显了文化如何将女性身体殖民化、物质化和拜物教化。

Artist Bio:

Jingyi Li (b. Beijing, China) is an artist based in London. She received a Bachelor of Art (Crafts Arts, Fibre) from Tsinghua University , Beijing and completed her Master of Fine Arts (Jewellery and Metal) at the Royal College of Art, London.
Jingyi Li is a Chinese artist who aims to build feminist space in her work with a focus on the Asian women's story. She uses a variety of soft materials to evoke intense emotions. She aspires to communicate emotions, histories and experiences by unlocking the potential of atypical materials and techniques.

Jingyi Li（生于中国北京）是一位常驻伦敦的艺术家。她在北京清华大学获得艺术学士学位，并在伦敦皇家艺术学院完成艺术硕士学位。她希望在自己的作品中构建女性主义空间，关注亚洲女性的故事。她使用各种软性材料来唤起强烈的情感。她希望通过挖掘非典型材料和技术的潜力来传达情感、历史和经验。

Jingyi Li/李婧怡 b.1998 , China

Education

MA, Royal College of Art Jewellery and Metal
BFA, Tsinghua University Craft Art (Fibre Art)

Exhibition

Shortlisted, Marzee Internationle Eindexamen-tentoonstelling, Nijmegan, Netherlands 2023
Travers Smith CSR Art Programme 2023-2024
Shortlisted, "Seams", Season Gallery 2023
RCA Graduate Exhibition 2023
Absent Gallery 闲聊

Absent Gallery:
How would you describe your creative state??
你会如何讲述自己的创作状态?

Jingyi：
我觉得我做艺术家的同时也是一个手工艺匠人，对于工艺与材料的不断探索是我创作中很重要的一部分。
I feel that while I am an artist, I am also a craftsman, and the constant exploration of craftsmanship and materials is a very important part of my creations.

Absent Gallery:
What factors have influenced your creation?
请谈谈你的艺术创作受哪些因素影响?

Jingyi：
女性主义和东亚研究是我作品探讨的主要话题。以我的作品《黄色容器—父权制、东方主义与自省》为例，这件作品邀请观众反思文化上如何通过男性的目光、西方的视角看待东亚女性：以及亚洲女性将自己视为这种文化包袱的结果。而《隐藏的抽屉》系列表达了我对日常色情的主观欣赏，我的身份与生活是创作的根基。
Feminism and East Asian Studies are the main topics explored in my work. Take my work "The Yellow Vessel - Patriarchy, Orientalism and Introspection" as an example, this work invites the viewer to reflect on how culturally East Asian women are viewed through the male gaze, through a Western lens: and how Asian women see themselves as a result of this cultural baggage. Whereas the Hidden Drawer series expresses my subjective appreciation of everyday eroticism, my identity and life is the root of the creation.

Absent Gallery:
What are your upcoming plans or expectations for the artwork?
未来对作品有什么计划或期待?

Jingyi：
我希望我的作品能是隽永的、是永恒的。
I want my work to be timeless and eternal.

Absent Gallery：
Describe in one word your feelings or expectations as an artist about the current creative environment.
请用一个词汇描述你作为艺术家（艺术创作者）对目前创作环境的感受或期许。

Jingyi：
萌发是我对目前的环境的感受，即使环境艰难，但越来越多的女性艺术家成长起来，我觉得是一件特别好的事。
Sprouting is how I feel about the current environment, and even though it's a tough environment, the fact that more and more women artists are growing up is a particularly good thing, I think.

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现工作生活于英国伦敦

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