挣钱了再做艺术
材料：废弃灯泡/蜡烛/纸片
这件装置由废弃灯泡、蜡烛和纸片构成。
容器来自浮梁县一处工厂的露天垃圾堆，保留了风尘痕迹，内部塞有纸片，纸片撕自我的“ 脸书”，里面写满杂七杂的作品构想。
燃烧的蜡烛象征现实压力，以不同高度悬挂的灯泡呈现出不同状态：未被熏黑、纸片被遮蔽、纸片化为灰烬。
随着蜡烛燃烧，火焰的影响逐渐减弱。
作品名是一个隐藏了问号的问句，它质疑"等有钱再做艺术"的说法——艺术与金钱不一定是正相关。这是我从学校出来开始独立做工作室以来对创作现实的思考，也是一次自我警醒。
Earn Money, Then Make Art 2021
2021 / Materials: Discarded light bulbs / Candles and paper
The discarded light bulbs were picked from a garbage dump in a large industrial park, where my
neighbour Xiaofu took me to. They retain the dust left by exposure to the elements. The burning candles
symbolise the pressures of life. They heat the light bulbs that contain my artistic ideas.
Some bulbs have become so blackened that the text inside is no longer visible, and some paper has
turned to ashes. However, as the candles burn, the flames get lower and eventually will no longer affect
the bulbs and papers, leaving a puddle of melted wax on the ground.
I have a "Face Book," filled with miscellaneous artistic ideas. I often hear people say, "Earn money, then
make art." However, whether or not you make money is one thing, and whether or not you make art is
another. These two things often don't correlate directly.
This installation is my reflection on the relationship between earning money and making art, and also a reminder to myself.
2021,06
捡废弃灯泡的工厂园区 2021/06/24
