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Undersong: Secrets, Dreams, Truths and Power: Chen Haiyan & Tao Aimin

Past exhibition
22 June - 1 September 2019
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Chen Haiyan 陈海燕, The Hole at the Bottom of the Planter 花盆底下的洞, 2002

Chen Haiyan 陈海燕

The Hole at the Bottom of the Planter 花盆底下的洞, 2002
Colored ink on board 彩版
72 1/8 x 48 1/8 in
183 x 122 cm
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Dream: September 24, 2001. I was moving my potted aloe plant and found there's some kind of animal escaping from the hole at the bottom of the pot. It ran...
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Dream: September 24, 2001. I was moving my potted aloe plant and found there's some kind of animal escaping from the hole at the bottom of the pot. It ran fast so I couldn’t see it clearly what it was—a chameleon (color-changing) rabbit. One of the creatures jumped onto my shoulder and threw its arms around my neck. It was a monkey. I caught it in my room. The monkey has no idea what a human being is, nor does it know what humans can do, since it grew up under the pot. So it didn't run. I was surprised that it could grow so big under such a small hole in the pot.
二〇〇一年九月二十四。我在移动芦荟花盆,发现底下洞口跑出一个动物。速度太快,我没看清是何物,是一只变色兔子。有一只爬上我的肩,抱着我的脖子,是 猴子。我在房间里抓它,因为它一直在花盆底下长大,并不认识人,它不知人会对它如何,它不跑。我奇怪它为何会在那么小的洞中长那么大。
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