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Sculpture (MA)

Lulu Guan

An observer of life

b.1996, Liaoning, China


2015-2019 Jingdezhen Ceramic University, China ,BA 

2021-2023 Royal College of Art, UK ,MA

The artist

Lulu Guan's study is based on the environment and social experiences in which she lives.

She is passionate about being a observer of the impact of information on the behaviour of the group, while also including an analysis of the individual self.

She explores multiple forms of art-making, considering both the identity of the work and the narratives generated by the surrounding environment.

Front view
Front view
Side view
Partial
Side view
Partial

cocoon


Bricks make up buildings

Buildings make up communities

Communities make up cities

Cities make up countries

Countries make up societies



Newspapers are wrapped in plaster as bricks that neatly encase a television set showing a video.

When this information is manipulated by capital and government, the behaviour of the people and the social environment are thus affected by the invisible cocoon of information.

The people inside the cocoon chewed on their gum as if they were saying something unspeakable.

Cocoon is also an interactive artwork in which you can see yourself on the screen.

Medium:

Newspaper, plaster, video

Size:

140*50*110cm
Receipts
Receipts
Receipts
Receipts
Receipts
Receipts

The 600 days of receipts are a figurative description of a person, they show the materialised figurative me

Medium:

Receipts,soft rulers

Size:

300*350cm
Receipts
Receipts
Receipts

Medium:

Receipts

Size:

140*100cm
book
book
book
book
book
book

The Book of Answers

我试图寻找答案,我是迷茫的,困惑的,不知所措的

我不明白答案对我的意义,我只是想寻找

我找到它了!

我真的找到它了么?

它已经存在了,只能被看见,无法被获得

它经历了短暂的停留,跳过了经历

揭露了体验中的嘈杂

I was trying to find answers, I was lost, confused, overwhelmed

I didn't understand what the answer meant to me, I just wanted to find

I have found it!

Have I really found it?

It was already there, only to be seen, not to be accessed

It undergoes a brief stay, skips the experience

It exposes the cacophony of experience

Medium:

Newspaper, paraffin wax, cotton thread

Size:

Variable
Fabric
Fabric

Walking with memories

The photos taken in China were stitched together and printed on a light veil,I carried it through the streets of London.

Recollection is the mental process of extracting information about the past with a strong personal touch.

When memories become tangible, the past and the present begin to communicate.

Different cultural information also begins to have an impact on the environment and behaviour in the present.

Medium:

veil

Size:

100*1000cm