Constructed of meticulously made flowers of fantasy and littered with birds and wings, Eden evokes the image of utopia to explore the ubiquitous idea of life, death and time. A meditative performance that celebrates the ephemeral, the sculpture made of raw clay was exposed to dripping water and slowly disintegrates over time, returning back to the earth.
Drawing inspiration from the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden, where the concepts of life and death were first introduced, the sculpture acts as a metaphorical representation of the self and extends onward to consider the transitory nature of human existence.
Tower, celadon glaze on jingdezhen porcelain, 2016
Ruth Ju-Shih Li 