Beneath the surface of everyday life lies an infinite number of untouched layers. Since crossing the "Bridge of Kant," the relationship between the self and its surroundings has been in constant flux throughout this ongoing journey. While we seem to have many choices, these choices, like branches of rivers, ultimately flow toward a single direction.
In the creative world of artist Ren Wuliu, he integrates himself as part of the artistic material. Drawing from daily life, he seeks to uncover the essence of things through his perception, observation, and immersion in his environment.Whether these absurd metaphors point to us or reflect back on the artist himself, his works reveal a subtle tension between freedom and intervention in a society governed by rules.
In the exhibition In Submission, Ren employs informal interventions to question deeply entrenched social norms and structures, exposing the struggles and helplessness of individuals within their spaces of existence.Confronted by intangible forces, the numbed compliance of those being intervened upon resembles that of caged creatures. These works aim to forge a connection with those who step into this space. The sculptures, described as "organs without bodies," pose a critical question: What forces are manipulating them?
Text/Liu Lijun