Chaos
Xinyue Luo
Chaos, oil painting on organza, 30×100cm each, 2021
This serie is inspired by my own experience. I was born to a family with patriarchal at- titudes. My mother and I were abandoned after my birth because my father thought I, a girl, would never achieve much. Later, in my blended family, I began to think about the importance of the independent thinking of women and wonder about certain questions. Why women are still being suppressed in the modern society? Why do some people care so much about gender? Why has the phenomenon of objectifying women become more and more common?
These questions made me think how to break the fixed mindset of people, emphasize the equality of males and females, destroy stereotypes. So I decided to blur the dis- tinction between gender in this series. I use the x-ray effect to symbolize the essence, which penetrates the superficial differences in gender and finds the commonalities in gender.
This series conveys my thoughts on this matter from five as- pects, namely, gen- der rights, love, re- production, sex, and death.
Bred, mixed material on or- ganza, 40×40cm, 2021
Penetrate, mixed material on organza, 40×40cm, 2021
Inspired by Hermaphroditus, the figure combined with uterus.
Where Love Begins, mixed material on organza, 30×40cm, 2021
Dead Bride, mixed material on organza, 30×40cm, 2021
It’s Me, mixed material on organza, 30×40cm, 2021
I use bronze wire and lace to satirize gender stereotypes.
The Touch of Love, mixed mate- rial on organza, 30×40cm, 2021
Sexual Reexposure, mixed mate- rial on organza, 30×40cm, 2021
Sexual Satisfaction, mixed material on organza, 40×40cm, 2021
Everyone has both male and female sides. We are born with hermaphroditic genes which are not ex- pressed through physical traits. In legends and myths, people created a series of fictional char- acters with no distinct gender traits, ranging from Hermaphroditus in ancient Greek myths and Fuxi and Nuwa in Chinese legends to Bodhisattvas. This might indicate that gender does not matter much in people’s subconscious. If so, is gender important after all?