WANG 2011.088
July 2010
A significant contribution to the Gallery's collection of contemporary Chinese art is Robe by Wang Jin. This is an early example of a major body of work that occupied the artist for almost a decade. In these works, the iconic form of the Peking Opera robe is rendered in transparent plastic embroidered with fishing line. The juxtaposition of a traditional high-cultural form and modern synthetic material in Robe refers to recent transformations in Chinese society, most pointedly the rapid evolution of consumerism.
