Study of Things. Or a Brief Story about Fountain, Brick, Tin, Coin, Wax, Stone, Shell, Curtain and Body

The sculpture begins with a carefully selected piece of wood, chosen for its natural grain and embedded histories. A silicone mold is then created around the form, designed to hold and freeze water securely before it is opened. Into this flexible vessel, layers of purified water are poured and frozen in stages, allowing the ice to accumulate gradually and develop its own internal textures, fissures, and transparencies.

Once the final freeze is complete, the mold is peeled away, revealing a hybrid object—part hand-carved wood, part material shaped by temperature and time. As the sculpture enters its display environment, the ice begins its slow dissolution, subtly reshaping the contours of the work. In this continual transformation, the piece is never fixed; instead, it is remade by its own materials, offering a quiet choreography of change rather than a single final form

Made in 2020 for the exhibition Study of Things. Or a Brief Story about Fountain, Brick, Tin, Coin, Wax, Stone, Shell, Curtain and Body, at Times Museum in Guangzhou, China.

20x20x50cm

Photo © Courtesy of Hu Yun and Times Museum, Guangzhou