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Draft of WW World pencil on burnt paper, 2009 35x28 cm

Praise for
Mind In Turmoil Hand Better Busy

Xu Jingyu's WW World is a world that grows from her heart, this world is both realistic and unrealistic, the pillars are crawling with red and blue blood vessel-like lines, the heart is tied with fine knots, the egg is born with fleshy wings, the plump woman's limbs grow soft bodies, and the three-legged beast is full of breasts under its body...

 

Full of innocence and illusions to grow. In Journey to the West, the Buddha world, the fairy world, the celestial demon world, the earth world, and Harry Potter’s wizarding world, it is common for young children to retain fantasies. What is peculiar is that this is mixed with a story of fantasy and crisis, all completely sewn by hand, stitch by stitch.  What is even more peculiar is the prism that entangled, and stitched together, and part of the limb is densely covered in what looks like blood vessels, like a birthmark, giving this mental world the impression of growth and entanglement.

 

- Liao Wen

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