“It does not matter what you do, you will never be able to escape from the experiences you’ve passed through.”
Born Luoyang, Henan, 1968. Lives and works in Beijing
A self-taught photographer, Bai Yiluo shifted into contemporary art while working as an assistant to Ai Weiwei. In Recycling (2008), he roped a giant anatomical model of a heart to a garbage-man’s tricycle cart in a literal interpretation of the saying “I threw my heart away.” What if someone really did decide to give his heart, Bai Yiluo says, “to the first guy who came around collecting rubbish”? If love is often tossed away recklessly or if people trash the love they are given, he adds, does that make love itself worthless? Utopia 1 (2011) is a mandala two metres in diameter and covered in intricate concentric patterns that evoke African textiles. To create it, the artist devised a flexible stencil-ruler that allowed him to hand-paint tiny circles, diamonds and Vs with the precise uniformity of a machine. The mandala and its flanking coat stands represent the entry of Chinese traders and manufactured goods into the alien culture of Africa. For Illumination (2012), Bai Yiluo spent four years collecting old oil lamps from all over China. The lamps—made obsolete by electricity—are chipped, rusting, and empty. The title is a suggestive paradox: there is no light here, and even if each lamp was lit, they would produce less total illumination than a few electric lights on the gallery ceiling. Those modern lights, indeed, are the reason these older ones are now valueless. Yet what spiritual illumination might China have discarded along with them and other “old rubbish”?
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"ไม่ใช่เรื่องอะไรที่คุณทำ คุณจะไม่สามารถหนีออกมาจากประสบการณ์ที่ได้ผ่าน"เกิดมาลั่วหยาง เหอหนาน 1968 ในปักกิ่งA self-taught photographer, Bai Yiluo shifted into contemporary art while working as an assistant to Ai Weiwei. In Recycling (2008), he roped a giant anatomical model of a heart to a garbage-man’s tricycle cart in a literal interpretation of the saying “I threw my heart away.” What if someone really did decide to give his heart, Bai Yiluo says, “to the first guy who came around collecting rubbish”? If love is often tossed away recklessly or if people trash the love they are given, he adds, does that make love itself worthless? Utopia 1 (2011) is a mandala two metres in diameter and covered in intricate concentric patterns that evoke African textiles. To create it, the artist devised a flexible stencil-ruler that allowed him to hand-paint tiny circles, diamonds and Vs with the precise uniformity of a machine. The mandala and its flanking coat stands represent the entry of Chinese traders and manufactured goods into the alien culture of Africa. For Illumination (2012), Bai Yiluo spent four years collecting old oil lamps from all over China. The lamps—made obsolete by electricity—are chipped, rusting, and empty. The title is a suggestive paradox: there is no light here, and even if each lamp was lit, they would produce less total illumination than a few electric lights on the gallery ceiling. Those modern lights, indeed, are the reason these older ones are now valueless. Yet what spiritual illumination might China have discarded along with them and other “old rubbish”?.
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