Apollo in Transit

ArtistChi Peng
Year2004
Mediumdigital type-C print
Dimentions127×1530×-
CountryChina
Year of acquisition2005
Collection no.2026
ExplanationA stark-naked youth sprints from West to East in front of the red wall of Tiananmen Square. Running parallel or sometimes criss-crossing with that scene, various stories of people who are on the "periphery" of society (homosexuals and transvestites) unfold. In stark contrast to the warm sunlight that embraces these protagonists, raindrops carrying a folded body of the young man fall from the sky. By presenting various contrasts of East/West, sun/rain, ordinary/extraordinary, the artist questions the bilateral facets of being in the world, thereby insinuating criticism of contemporary society.

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