HONG ON
2018, ceramic, wood (24 × 20 × 140 cm)
The notion of human labour is a form of guidance through Hua’s installation. For this sculpture, a massive five link chain went through 4 firings, and was painted with more than five layers of silver. It took her 60 hours to complete. The chain as a symbol of industry, reflects China’s industrial mass production and its unstoppable process of modernisation and urbanisation, which has provided the wealth for the privileged few.
