epoxy, sand, wood, foam, paint, and electric motorMou Projects
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.
This minimalist sculpture features a simple, geometric composition with a predominant use of muted, earthy tones. The central wooden structure, with its clean lines and unadorned surfaces, appears to be a representation of a basic architectural form, perhaps a small shelter or dwelling. The platform on which the structure rests adds an element of stability and grounds the piece. The overall style and materials suggest a focus on simplicity, functionality, and the inherent beauty of the basic shapes and forms. The artist's intention may have been to explore concepts of shelter, minimalism, and the relationship between the natural and the constructed. ...
Stella Zhong’s practice engages built environments, cryptic objects, and precisely enacted events to express an urgency for nonconformity. With a naughty approach to astrophysics and anthropology, Zhong builds worlds as propositions. She creates models radically scaled to make space for logic to deviate and models that simulate alternative modes of power, knowledge creation, and empathy. Zhong is invested in dislocating the human-centric perspective. By bringing together the unlikeliest objects within incongruent spatial relationships, her work navigates the gap between dissociation and transformation, reassessing notions of belonging and anonymity. ...
MOU PROJECTS (formerly known as MINE PROJECT) is a Hong Kong-based contemporary art gallery established in 2019. Since its inception, the gallery has been dedicated to showcase both local and international emerging artists working in all media and has held many of their first solo exhibitions in Hong Kong as well as in Asia. With an aim to facilitate artistic dialogues and conceptual innovations, the gallery supports artists whose experimental practices and boundary-pushing ethos reflect the current social reality and manifest an alternative contemporary aesthetics. ...
