Artist Li Xiaofeng Does Porcelain & Cotton Polos For Lacoste Holiday Collector's Series

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglt6CXTWqDuedqCaMNNeEyG6Ue5g-hJovZGK2t1p8OqP-aGd2yRDz972z2k9F7Q39UAPV05Q5V1nY0BT-9_E9N-3TFYQQayF-T9iuthUTNz6DlX7vLYAluMnlr9WqBRj3Qb73_-5wMsU4/s1600/Lacoste+Porcelain+Polo+here.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487135366784619234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglt6CXTWqDuedqCaMNNeEyG6Ue5g-hJovZGK2t1p8OqP-aGd2yRDz972z2k9F7Q39UAPV05Q5V1nY0BT-9_E9N-3TFYQQayF-T9iuthUTNz6DlX7vLYAluMnlr9WqBRj3Qb73_-5wMsU4/s400/Lacoste+Porcelain+Polo+here.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 506px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: a detail of the porcelain shard LACOSTE shirt by artist Li Xiaofeng</span></span><br /><br />Since 2006, each year the <a href="http://www.lacoste.com/">Lacoste brand</a> commissions a designer, design team or artist to create a special Holiday Collector's Series of of <a href="http://www.lacoste.com/l1212/">their classic L.12.12 polo shirt</a>. Past designers included <a href="http://www.tomdixon.net/partners/lacoste">Tom Dixon</a> (2006), <a href="http://www.michael-young.com/">Michael Young</a> (2007), R.E.M frontman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Stipe">Michael Stipe</a> (2008) and <a href="http://www.campanas.com.br/">The Campana brothers</a> in 2009.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhnw5HKJz9QO5hV8LgHrWlN1eDEqkB_tqckHpM_tygvmQAmW0_L2p6xUW6-EsM-cIirQO7qyN6WhHgNtykaE4VtY5RWtZcp6xFWWVBhZn-2mT2pMuQQOtfj8LJH_aWFmbJHOjL_WJhyphenhyphenQ/s1600/previousdesignershirts.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487155756139504818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhnw5HKJz9QO5hV8LgHrWlN1eDEqkB_tqckHpM_tygvmQAmW0_L2p6xUW6-EsM-cIirQO7qyN6WhHgNtykaE4VtY5RWtZcp6xFWWVBhZn-2mT2pMuQQOtfj8LJH_aWFmbJHOjL_WJhyphenhyphenQ/s400/previousdesignershirts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 522px;" /></a><br /><br />For 2010, <a href="http://www.hongart.net/?option=art&collectionid=6&single=true">Chinese artist Li Xiaofeng</a>, best known for his porcelain fragment sculptures, has created both an outstanding porcelain sculpture of a LACOSTE shirt as well as wearable Holiday Collector's editions of the L.12.12 Polo for men and women.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIyzjDiFP89U1eBvWXPlRJpsIYr7q5P86f_HAzl_Xiu1RJDU4Xa9etMIu2uLxSMT3pu367Lk4CwcqpzFokDN9l8BJKswsYf27NCy68vFUf2yRmsMIGxlj9rY-NGkd9FcPezRhPZI13BQ/s1600/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Collectors-Series-2010.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487134566341624834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcIyzjDiFP89U1eBvWXPlRJpsIYr7q5P86f_HAzl_Xiu1RJDU4Xa9etMIu2uLxSMT3pu367Lk4CwcqpzFokDN9l8BJKswsYf27NCy68vFUf2yRmsMIGxlj9rY-NGkd9FcPezRhPZI13BQ/s400/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Collectors-Series-2010.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 468px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzXQe7uZtwNhKs4aKXJqzdz458Hj0JOaaSWOaW5jEUNoGCWM9zarAoT4cfhf_BbKMAWgKjdqgmoxqlWGPXJzRehBD9idhD_Kws3U9Xrv4WVmwYTWgR4oSgTLr07XTsSOlpbv1jztqdiE/s1600/Li-Xiofeng-for-Lacoste2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487497574081502562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzXQe7uZtwNhKs4aKXJqzdz458Hj0JOaaSWOaW5jEUNoGCWM9zarAoT4cfhf_BbKMAWgKjdqgmoxqlWGPXJzRehBD9idhD_Kws3U9Xrv4WVmwYTWgR4oSgTLr07XTsSOlpbv1jztqdiE/s400/Li-Xiofeng-for-Lacoste2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 508px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Porcelain Polo</span></span><br />The actual porcelain Lacoste Shirt is the most expensive Lacoste Polo to date. The art piece features porcelain shards printed with Chinese characters, symbols, red phoenix birds and variations of the Lacoste alligator and logotype as well as a wax seal.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEafkGS23yaJRhcbCyzsU40CrrEH1fBR-A9QynS9WLZwBmUGqtUlw0kgA5ebm_wsVJuFCJ7paye7_GHuVSG1bLBbE2So-4UfTh3HvTgtRqMk8w-ZjPRM9Tg5zlw2BSOXnHOWgqDzhI4E/s1600/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-front1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487133173313723602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEafkGS23yaJRhcbCyzsU40CrrEH1fBR-A9QynS9WLZwBmUGqtUlw0kgA5ebm_wsVJuFCJ7paye7_GHuVSG1bLBbE2So-4UfTh3HvTgtRqMk8w-ZjPRM9Tg5zlw2BSOXnHOWgqDzhI4E/s400/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-front1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 386px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarlFmVuvCbiSU827r_Bh5TTEKJyP2PCAsu6lqkxq48-6CI7uNd1GuvLYCD3fY24Y8kZU1570moS9LMQXcdXBLl5WoQIOAcI2dGjn7GsQQwWTSQg6ByvYELSZ2pg6pNeYKPZuZiIVjZy4/s1600/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Porcelain-Polo-2010-side1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487132981639314338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarlFmVuvCbiSU827r_Bh5TTEKJyP2PCAsu6lqkxq48-6CI7uNd1GuvLYCD3fY24Y8kZU1570moS9LMQXcdXBLl5WoQIOAcI2dGjn7GsQQwWTSQg6ByvYELSZ2pg6pNeYKPZuZiIVjZy4/s400/LI-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-Porcelain-Polo-2010-side1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 269px; height: 401px;" /></a><br />the artist at work:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F95NvLbXLKgNNfUnkGR563QgCzNHV03ls9ShIbxzJIaoKc5AjSG2BqO_9NQC1XfCGh6eWCvB2xPFWS2H-IXKyIfVibYVr37Qf746jOTsQLBifp47rdG58Mj6TeOXSmUgieX8Is3_g_U/s1600/_Li-Xiaofeng-soldering-Lacoste.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487148250255941666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6F95NvLbXLKgNNfUnkGR563QgCzNHV03ls9ShIbxzJIaoKc5AjSG2BqO_9NQC1XfCGh6eWCvB2xPFWS2H-IXKyIfVibYVr37Qf746jOTsQLBifp47rdG58Mj6TeOXSmUgieX8Is3_g_U/s400/_Li-Xiaofeng-soldering-Lacoste.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 371px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above photos by Miko He</span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Cotton Polo</span></span><br />Now, for the actual wearable cotton Lacoste 2010 Holiday Collector's Series L.12.12 polo shirts, which will be be produced in a limited number of 20,000.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUpihVQRq_TLz2_NYRpOewhp1LO8OyVQccwISpxLcEHI5PmlUOStPdg_4DNH6N1SXbHDAtWZwtBO_clHdeGQD6rhHG_T6pyGTz0YY2sZEPNYpSc1GQaqhZuKz7RNgCCftgAmgLJr3UkI/s1600/xiofeng+lacoste.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487134436727662834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUpihVQRq_TLz2_NYRpOewhp1LO8OyVQccwISpxLcEHI5PmlUOStPdg_4DNH6N1SXbHDAtWZwtBO_clHdeGQD6rhHG_T6pyGTz0YY2sZEPNYpSc1GQaqhZuKz7RNgCCftgAmgLJr3UkI/s400/xiofeng+lacoste.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Nn6DQuL8f6ayGhFZqtRI5yU8TC7_9RDmpiCCM28Nen4LzNJWq7JK1-dObvPuVUmklpTz-WW7pZt4T9qmwOSoun0FkMTeRV_d6yAuC47CJosvlJOmsK72487sn9Xt1UVxageE65AmV50/s1600/_Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-men's-polo.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487142277589499746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Nn6DQuL8f6ayGhFZqtRI5yU8TC7_9RDmpiCCM28Nen4LzNJWq7JK1-dObvPuVUmklpTz-WW7pZt4T9qmwOSoun0FkMTeRV_d6yAuC47CJosvlJOmsK72487sn9Xt1UVxageE65AmV50/s400/_Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-men's-polo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 648px;" /></a><br /><br />The men's and women's wearable cotton polo shirts designed for the Holiday Collector's Series for 2010 by Li Xiaofeng features a textile pattern that emulates broken porcelain shards from the Kangxi Period (1662-1722) of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsLV6Uu2E7JNucNBce0AhZRuRmJ8GcLVPzpTr1ArXc1zdBgzMfcd9OuG8_khjqclC_LngEd4PDdrQmUkT0X7ehYSYWRRtxbY-nSWX8M0wj3NqnslsL2oIjxv92Dcuy9FO2hEnwTdm3MQ/s1600/LI-Xiaofeng-LACOSTE-pattern.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487136521280536434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsLV6Uu2E7JNucNBce0AhZRuRmJ8GcLVPzpTr1ArXc1zdBgzMfcd9OuG8_khjqclC_LngEd4PDdrQmUkT0X7ehYSYWRRtxbY-nSWX8M0wj3NqnslsL2oIjxv92Dcuy9FO2hEnwTdm3MQ/s400/LI-Xiaofeng-LACOSTE-pattern.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 456px;" /></a><br /><br />This print represents happiness and exuberant youth according to Li Xiaofeng. Originally the reason for images of babies was to promote the births and good health of children in an era of high infant mortality. Li points out that joy continues exist even in a life that is always faced with difficulties, a life where we must continually reassemble the pieces after setbacks. Li photographed each of the shards and placed them in life-sized digital pattern of each part of the polo.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NGwpfUgpliWMRn581n1sxDg6ECroG762t-vA7pifbiwtmh7fuWTrB7yDCDfpmH4JTxXVVxJU2A_AakmgHVhI81aF0tSpN9ff5pe8RILZOhVSi0XGz0kMbojN_SSxozMTn3nCO_mt00A/s1600/li+xiaofeng+lacoste+polo+emblem+detail+.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487136848917896274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NGwpfUgpliWMRn581n1sxDg6ECroG762t-vA7pifbiwtmh7fuWTrB7yDCDfpmH4JTxXVVxJU2A_AakmgHVhI81aF0tSpN9ff5pe8RILZOhVSi0XGz0kMbojN_SSxozMTn3nCO_mt00A/s400/li+xiaofeng+lacoste+polo+emblem+detail+.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 522px; height: 326px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6kbpejzKCIRbOUisSswuyDeDO6QS8XOGi_j-ER6GQbLAWtHgCnhGYXtlk1lKpMyHk9fn5k3-8OsxxgreG335BCjuHNM5wlRNwcEPtmPnUUipZn2gdoA6eZn275giZBwvnPz4ilPWSjI/s1600/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-holiday-collectors-series-Polo-shirts.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487136703932740674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6kbpejzKCIRbOUisSswuyDeDO6QS8XOGi_j-ER6GQbLAWtHgCnhGYXtlk1lKpMyHk9fn5k3-8OsxxgreG335BCjuHNM5wlRNwcEPtmPnUUipZn2gdoA6eZn275giZBwvnPz4ilPWSjI/s400/Li-Xiaofeng-Lacoste-holiday-collectors-series-Polo-shirts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 286px;" /></a><br />above left: the Men's limited edition polo shirt and right; the Women's version<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lacoste.com/" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487153102539596898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtQaOdoNjev3aQ51-lfJwxi6V_oJReqyJnl76RtpPP7DujcDGT6xQXnD7PpXkwRY-D3_TJRH5sYw2yx5W4Dk_qsYGPNkrNNZ_tydJmp4aNv_OOWne38NN8UmNqtOfT6NgTOzce4tJ6cE/s400/lacoste-logo.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 293px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >special thanks</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > to photographer Miko He, </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.jingdaily.com/en/tag/li-xiaofeng/" style="font-style: italic;">Jing Daily </a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >and Nels Frye of </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.stylites.net/" style="font-style: italic;">Stylites</a></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > for images and information</span>

Artist Li Xiaofeng Does Porcelain & Cotton Polos For Lacoste Holiday Collector's Series

above: a detail of the porcelain shard LACOSTE shirt by artist Li Xiaofeng Since 2006, each year the Lacoste brand commissions a designer, ...

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Rock a Bye Deadly Baby: The Ne Zha Works of Shi Jinsong

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvo0DOI-yG9JZPY62nohN8cakGFvyNCwSOnWsyaO6ijvs6r7olkc0oPwN1Iy0-0lanunvycUVacqCVdxzCvZHRb2eUYGZEnw2AcNd-pQh4rz8_KjnJLW9NkPqA9Wn8XPMf9BqcxFW764/s1600/200872712364024584.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456780493689992690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvo0DOI-yG9JZPY62nohN8cakGFvyNCwSOnWsyaO6ijvs6r7olkc0oPwN1Iy0-0lanunvycUVacqCVdxzCvZHRb2eUYGZEnw2AcNd-pQh4rz8_KjnJLW9NkPqA9Wn8XPMf9BqcxFW764/s400/200872712364024584.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 339px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeDHk_oB1SYk89qRV0hgeD2JLVi7eOUjxb8Bg_QN-a_p96Wb6J2TElVFUvWUlJnGkZyKy9D0r1kPeqUtooDKY5M9H6GhyWUWdbu2k-N8LnGO8F2SqDjiPcoylPYnyskREQN2AS0vKqhg/s1600/shijinsong_cradle.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456774659524144818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeDHk_oB1SYk89qRV0hgeD2JLVi7eOUjxb8Bg_QN-a_p96Wb6J2TElVFUvWUlJnGkZyKy9D0r1kPeqUtooDKY5M9H6GhyWUWdbu2k-N8LnGO8F2SqDjiPcoylPYnyskREQN2AS0vKqhg/s400/shijinsong_cradle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 298px; height: 339px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Ne Zha Baby Boutique By Shi Jinsong, 2006 - 2008</span><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha_%28deity%29"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Na Zha</span></a> (or Nezha), is a Chinese mythical creature, an impish trickster with supernatural powers and flamboyant fashion sense (legend has it his red silk trousers generated so much heat the sea began to boil, enraging the East Sea Dragon King). Na Zha's essential ferocity long since tamed in the Chinese psyche, he is now chiefly celebrated as a God of Lotteries and Gambling, a commodified totem of the new global economy.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qQqtTFA9BNP4_wBBQCy0_o3ZSLppKTe1pHu-5ZghGu0Ntov9Ulf1t6RYvCr_9zZYztJhmFFuxfpgqJk_pmLILh5wfzfaGnA6yRAg3b1KdOSZJVYsSSrjGn5mOgTFsYuM44pRUE6m9hc/s1600/catalogue-sjs2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456758153125424802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7qQqtTFA9BNP4_wBBQCy0_o3ZSLppKTe1pHu-5ZghGu0Ntov9Ulf1t6RYvCr_9zZYztJhmFFuxfpgqJk_pmLILh5wfzfaGnA6yRAg3b1KdOSZJVYsSSrjGn5mOgTFsYuM44pRUE6m9hc/s400/catalogue-sjs2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 252px; height: 355px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5ihyfiRmGJEPyklnC0UJncDLPmxM1DJpUYFKEDQWfUjojx9ibgNuf7sDBj6AYBVRnVPnXdm6Aamr_auH7vRouGVqmcaxzYjURcf4NMsb2Scn7LGVLI9qYRIN41jQiesXn_Kb8TSGwjo/s1600/20091130110626_ShiJinsong.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456763088093998146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn5ihyfiRmGJEPyklnC0UJncDLPmxM1DJpUYFKEDQWfUjojx9ibgNuf7sDBj6AYBVRnVPnXdm6Aamr_auH7vRouGVqmcaxzYjURcf4NMsb2Scn7LGVLI9qYRIN41jQiesXn_Kb8TSGwjo/s400/20091130110626_ShiJinsong.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 357px;" /></a><br />above left; the exhibition catalog. above right; the artist Shi Jinsong<br /><br />Through his razor-sharp sculptures and related works, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Shi Jinsong</span> initiates a dialogue, at once menacing and ironic, between the forms of mythic Chinese culture and modern day globalization.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> "Na Zha</span>" is here recast as the brand name for an outrageously unsafe line of baby products.<br /><br />Meticulously assembled in stainless steel from intricate mechanical drawings, they include a deadly Carriage; a sadistic Cradle; a sinister Walker; and a malicious, multi-part Toy complete with needle-tipped pacifiers and dismembering abacus. Baby Boutique confronts its "shopper" with a radically strange and seductive "product," lethal luxury designed to reveal the forces that dominate our lives in unimaginable ways. - <span style="font-style: italic;">above text courtesy of<a href="http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2006/03/08/33749.html"> Absolute Arts</a></span><br /><br />Various Ne Zha strollers by Shi Jinsong:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwaF4XBNaZFVHurxnfSiREpCqRsqf84S92vrrSZAl4A8vg59qG1_e-qkOwliu-etsUqC7XqfKhheNJUg2j6ykE8YNHLKy9Z6oxx6CgIQn-7dJqRG8ar4_2vybW9owKrY5hnX37mPCV-c/s1600/d909f32861b0653ee9545ad5d3a5ca68.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456782386416466626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSwaF4XBNaZFVHurxnfSiREpCqRsqf84S92vrrSZAl4A8vg59qG1_e-qkOwliu-etsUqC7XqfKhheNJUg2j6ykE8YNHLKy9Z6oxx6CgIQn-7dJqRG8ar4_2vybW9owKrY5hnX37mPCV-c/s400/d909f32861b0653ee9545ad5d3a5ca68.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 402px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Bwc1lRrgwNX3bfM9jIVEy1tn23PzTEV-8_qlWud0I_Uf1DiaLhsVu3wC2hvAeV2mG61llrgL8S6ImN98FupU-HhEqU-sRITWP7SqW4DVZQ-CTvnqtGbg5-PThI1GMQ3OW0tboe7LLw8/s1600/artwork_images_424681108_445819_-shijinsong.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456793505314785458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Bwc1lRrgwNX3bfM9jIVEy1tn23PzTEV-8_qlWud0I_Uf1DiaLhsVu3wC2hvAeV2mG61llrgL8S6ImN98FupU-HhEqU-sRITWP7SqW4DVZQ-CTvnqtGbg5-PThI1GMQ3OW0tboe7LLw8/s400/artwork_images_424681108_445819_-shijinsong.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 377px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Da004TO_PyuTYz0x9CLW8B_IDivurkRSHKFf3NN5tHgSHMyK8uQ-H9h7DmQdrVFANAdprwmY0Obto9DzYJ1b2ndIfsylbptZKKHkjFTsC-NnSMYPv0CV90yqF3TO2rNqSjkYqXrOIhY/s1600/babystroller+b-w17.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456792982199496146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Da004TO_PyuTYz0x9CLW8B_IDivurkRSHKFf3NN5tHgSHMyK8uQ-H9h7DmQdrVFANAdprwmY0Obto9DzYJ1b2ndIfsylbptZKKHkjFTsC-NnSMYPv0CV90yqF3TO2rNqSjkYqXrOIhY/s400/babystroller+b-w17.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 376px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HKV2MVunNSPZq1jvl08vig3cy57p8-QaqrF6Ypt31B1LGlPlagAPk7cNfYCeKZyIOfyqX5iD0mn1ozSq2nnX7N-jFJflNwmb9wNTmMP6kmHwFjnGMgNqP33Bc44sB8KLLk9BGIo6pLY/s1600/artwork_images_424794155_439976_-shijinsong.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456791928486129010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9HKV2MVunNSPZq1jvl08vig3cy57p8-QaqrF6Ypt31B1LGlPlagAPk7cNfYCeKZyIOfyqX5iD0mn1ozSq2nnX7N-jFJflNwmb9wNTmMP6kmHwFjnGMgNqP33Bc44sB8KLLk9BGIo6pLY/s400/artwork_images_424794155_439976_-shijinsong.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 358px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yxDo6C6rFcpFhJ8vVZimANTNgMOBukUEDxLQjXG_3qZ1QKxmZB9-beJuQhrgLnrCeS_b7PC98Uy7KHDRPV9m6NeHiatygipkvIZBg6gQ1lrqOxGr09p0llqAddfsElaGfYxtFyig5Uw/s1600/artwork_images_424794155_439980_-shijinsong.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456792066549648002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yxDo6C6rFcpFhJ8vVZimANTNgMOBukUEDxLQjXG_3qZ1QKxmZB9-beJuQhrgLnrCeS_b7PC98Uy7KHDRPV9m6NeHiatygipkvIZBg6gQ1lrqOxGr09p0llqAddfsElaGfYxtFyig5Uw/s400/artwork_images_424794155_439980_-shijinsong.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 358px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhMHjt0doliDAj6DMAiao2mc3D5JvWIAJZbR1rXZsrxxT4CDkYfaLRdiz3S4OtntQba_RjgkwFviYxcgik7ZX5e7y0vvkfN6rsnDMpxYay8KD-fLBS1VTuzCyZnXdWaa7qjPEpJbh5Bs/s1600/Picture+16.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456783247150082818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhMHjt0doliDAj6DMAiao2mc3D5JvWIAJZbR1rXZsrxxT4CDkYfaLRdiz3S4OtntQba_RjgkwFviYxcgik7ZX5e7y0vvkfN6rsnDMpxYay8KD-fLBS1VTuzCyZnXdWaa7qjPEpJbh5Bs/s400/Picture+16.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 432px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MwDMx49do_g8OQiuieRdjO9q5MWhB9A8RGzJY66dZYQI2YL5fEkwdh2AMGi9EhhfaFKf2N06s5y8NNfR_Sw4bkyPpOe346cN5U-cHZ86Kv3jNAsS1Rn5lb78jw1iJKEbGhBr8SD4ODc/s1600/Picture+20.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456782871787692898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1MwDMx49do_g8OQiuieRdjO9q5MWhB9A8RGzJY66dZYQI2YL5fEkwdh2AMGi9EhhfaFKf2N06s5y8NNfR_Sw4bkyPpOe346cN5U-cHZ86Kv3jNAsS1Rn5lb78jw1iJKEbGhBr8SD4ODc/s400/Picture+20.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 616px;" /></a><br /><br />For his first exhibition at Chambers Fine Art in 2006, Shi Jinsong produced a range of articles for baby Ne Zha, consisting of cradles, strollers, rattles and a walker. Two years later, in the second showing of Ne Zha, the infant seems to have grown up into a toddler and Jinsong's works include miniature suits of armor, a rocking horse, roller blades, a scooter and a tricycle.<br /><br />Images from the first show (2006) at Chambers Fine Art Gallery:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULOnTsbJwiABzboPn62M-ioO3ZZMJDAeBDhi8uYUQetC8zAdNkzmM7icch2llnNQ6QQTczNW1c02ph_mpdOTpwOBjOhU78S5JFNihGO51E02MqgTmHBJxTH0Qb0uGcNpILm226MjvVFA/s1600/sjs-stroller2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456762526467949826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULOnTsbJwiABzboPn62M-ioO3ZZMJDAeBDhi8uYUQetC8zAdNkzmM7icch2llnNQ6QQTczNW1c02ph_mpdOTpwOBjOhU78S5JFNihGO51E02MqgTmHBJxTH0Qb0uGcNpILm226MjvVFA/s400/sjs-stroller2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 654px;" /></a><br />above: Na Zha Stroller, Stainless steel, 2005, 40 1/6 x 38 5/6 x 32 2/7 in (102 x 98.6 x 82 cm)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzstGKlklVpkHn8jYbjNW10dyF2S4sGn8pbqs_a8J0jkKYRwYFpYFEM3H5ICbHmLdPjxt7SjJKKXG9siBPhxNUgiRAm-iupfUlWDSkATZ3-ul0jQ0fapd76IHX4wZI_r4U9DUXNEOIwH4/s1600/sjs-cradle.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456757954563741890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzstGKlklVpkHn8jYbjNW10dyF2S4sGn8pbqs_a8J0jkKYRwYFpYFEM3H5ICbHmLdPjxt7SjJKKXG9siBPhxNUgiRAm-iupfUlWDSkATZ3-ul0jQ0fapd76IHX4wZI_r4U9DUXNEOIwH4/s400/sjs-cradle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 437px;" /></a><br />above: Na Zha Cradle, Stainless steel, 2005, 24 x 31 7/8 x 24 3/8 in (61 x 81 x 62 cm)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEcUtaMDvQaoExcpLiZLY8GjyqY76ty1Xf0LpyNarkdcvHIxyjhFzX1zt-OAiwG-ZDY1nsqsW2hhx335YNpBOh215ZJniMclJJl-JwkcQlP8fJDNmXPhyj4c-pRlM-rbFCbX9QuZ0HKA/s1600/sjs-rattle.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456757868446364114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUEcUtaMDvQaoExcpLiZLY8GjyqY76ty1Xf0LpyNarkdcvHIxyjhFzX1zt-OAiwG-ZDY1nsqsW2hhx335YNpBOh215ZJniMclJJl-JwkcQlP8fJDNmXPhyj4c-pRlM-rbFCbX9QuZ0HKA/s400/sjs-rattle.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 332px;" /></a><br />above: Na Zha Rattle, Stainless steel, 2005, 3/4 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in (30 x 13.3 x 9.6 cm)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EzF4CiLGFIOoAm00iOfaKsPpI87ndEjwtbwYOtNaP875ZjOLXlKDVCo4w7EFpRR2Nl5cTsnRMHzOvJTuJbQpr4DdRSUzUmk1e4fThfU9Kx4Kk5TRsmYWtwYXayQfUWofn7tEd7xlM4g/s1600/Na+Zha+Baby+Bottle.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456758324544872130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EzF4CiLGFIOoAm00iOfaKsPpI87ndEjwtbwYOtNaP875ZjOLXlKDVCo4w7EFpRR2Nl5cTsnRMHzOvJTuJbQpr4DdRSUzUmk1e4fThfU9Kx4Kk5TRsmYWtwYXayQfUWofn7tEd7xlM4g/s400/Na+Zha+Baby+Bottle.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 332px;" /></a><br />above: Na Zha Baby Bottle, Stainless steel, 2005, 3 x 5 x 5 in (7.6 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTeXtGAY8_adPy-RLqafXSnhs54jC5MuVjSPh8uXyqcgj9gHDj8z5vZXeyj0yTWKCGAvE6-LwSF09236-gLnxgJVwbUspWtg1YIKy2X2R9HYsqulxVIcEtkIwXvOYq5MaBubBOvjmApc/s1600/sjs-toys.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456757747593348210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoTeXtGAY8_adPy-RLqafXSnhs54jC5MuVjSPh8uXyqcgj9gHDj8z5vZXeyj0yTWKCGAvE6-LwSF09236-gLnxgJVwbUspWtg1YIKy2X2R9HYsqulxVIcEtkIwXvOYq5MaBubBOvjmApc/s400/sjs-toys.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 347px;" /></a><br />above: Na Zha Baby Toys, 2005, stainless steel<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7Ca9tJYBdx3gFWq_TrBWfkyL3xiMASZANxkgTsvjQd5RzKXPyZISmqnJYaLwvGG3LniiXlm0reqZj68KFg07zI_Y7L1FDvcWnZ9y-v9rvmkFuHj1vDr_CsUd4oLBYcg9I9VfXT1m3_s/s1600/sjs-walker.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456757609256877426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7Ca9tJYBdx3gFWq_TrBWfkyL3xiMASZANxkgTsvjQd5RzKXPyZISmqnJYaLwvGG3LniiXlm0reqZj68KFg07zI_Y7L1FDvcWnZ9y-v9rvmkFuHj1vDr_CsUd4oLBYcg9I9VfXT1m3_s/s400/sjs-walker.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 524px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupxBL56H_adBYYxMMQ1rhju3rcHxvz-X4TY2q7ddhlA5gtuSys63ME1wvylgevOud3Xi4dqdUlO2UCWc1FIrFTzk53FX4fRIMxlMrH_3W_YkTPvuTtgRDq8HMG4Z-q7X_UN6ZoA-LU70/s1600/Picture+14.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456766940367935426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgupxBL56H_adBYYxMMQ1rhju3rcHxvz-X4TY2q7ddhlA5gtuSys63ME1wvylgevOud3Xi4dqdUlO2UCWc1FIrFTzk53FX4fRIMxlMrH_3W_YkTPvuTtgRDq8HMG4Z-q7X_UN6ZoA-LU70/s400/Picture+14.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 389px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCp6hFVNpjMnL9qrkTD6I-KbDP6f6b-dQxbT75b_WeEYXkBp9Rtj_rZtCJbF19mjUAEj00EkB-jjOAKUV77Di8uvh_0ub1Eb4VCjvLG8kcyuUzqwZhDztX15yGu7wNAmo1WCTYJpjbwI/s1600/Picture+12.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456768021885975074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCp6hFVNpjMnL9qrkTD6I-KbDP6f6b-dQxbT75b_WeEYXkBp9Rtj_rZtCJbF19mjUAEj00EkB-jjOAKUV77Di8uvh_0ub1Eb4VCjvLG8kcyuUzqwZhDztX15yGu7wNAmo1WCTYJpjbwI/s400/Picture+12.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 407px;" /></a><br />above: Na Zha Walker, 2005, stainless steel, 54 x 59 x 66 cm<br /><br /><br />Images from the second show (2008) of the Ne Zha Baby Boutique, 2008:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrzn3TA0dH_soJlskN-9Finh8ezjeHuSQHYXwJ5o0XD7bx0OKPTkriRw4bg8xIhfhes_u7fEi5FmB1axDFlXvIJ6oADPvI8U2R8vmts8uWsWXYGxSa-4vnlrKvx53hF0mUvj2pxZL6yc/s1600/200904131448295202.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456776681763959394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzrzn3TA0dH_soJlskN-9Finh8ezjeHuSQHYXwJ5o0XD7bx0OKPTkriRw4bg8xIhfhes_u7fEi5FmB1axDFlXvIJ6oADPvI8U2R8vmts8uWsWXYGxSa-4vnlrKvx53hF0mUvj2pxZL6yc/s400/200904131448295202.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 660px;" /></a><br />Above: baby suit of armor, stainless steel, 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hiKBfS1Kn4i9jkc1NP1fvYuXsbhskjAE146OrPQQMyIRbDm3VxeghKMOfLmN6LIsHKubyvAkaV_Y-knSYwlglXWP122nGLJHPbKBGJ5VWBi95Jok7onrLNsbwImEqw1bRt-UCVxpv0o/s1600/artwork_images_423824442_528139_-shijinsong.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456776561825444114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1hiKBfS1Kn4i9jkc1NP1fvYuXsbhskjAE146OrPQQMyIRbDm3VxeghKMOfLmN6LIsHKubyvAkaV_Y-knSYwlglXWP122nGLJHPbKBGJ5VWBi95Jok7onrLNsbwImEqw1bRt-UCVxpv0o/s400/artwork_images_423824442_528139_-shijinsong.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 418px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UjRSaH-ckMYceHausQqQetxlvCV4yFEJWrTQiUpgQj_bAFUwwp40VDVGyS5OE1SDMYbFFzDrtjirrFMC7AMwJJANKSU-wwwBctLOzuxUaFlEuHAtezCKnFjniAzF-lpWyStaZhPJ0T4/s1600/scooter-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456776478149515730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_UjRSaH-ckMYceHausQqQetxlvCV4yFEJWrTQiUpgQj_bAFUwwp40VDVGyS5OE1SDMYbFFzDrtjirrFMC7AMwJJANKSU-wwwBctLOzuxUaFlEuHAtezCKnFjniAzF-lpWyStaZhPJ0T4/s400/scooter-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 278px; height: 417px;" /></a><br />above left, stainless steel baby armor and right, a stainless steel scooter, 2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi460Jvcep8_5P0YmE8BHIro29sKNvwu1TTNrNb3v7KFHbaDWmyuq3B04dDdliwua_S2jIueYBEhzMia_mlUNxNq1lRd7YG0yDoC9a7WxZW_kUp3y2GiDEuEQZKdcVHXYTQYQc7x9OpyXA/s1600/sjs_mouse.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456757501853382386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi460Jvcep8_5P0YmE8BHIro29sKNvwu1TTNrNb3v7KFHbaDWmyuq3B04dDdliwua_S2jIueYBEhzMia_mlUNxNq1lRd7YG0yDoC9a7WxZW_kUp3y2GiDEuEQZKdcVHXYTQYQc7x9OpyXA/s400/sjs_mouse.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 587px;" /></a><br />above: Full Armor-Mouse, Stainless steel, 2008, 31 1/2 x 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. (80 x 30 x 20 cm)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdyrAmO0a0P1tkDhzqLnTY9Gd4uI1WGXFaoIw-hOUOx2tb_xDqLw2qVipVtwTIk93rmvYOBd4b-L-H65MzY9JbK5M587n4_1D0pXteTpFOrEwt2xGWqp-exQMIf8TEJFIXYXEpcqSJ0k/s1600/sjs_rocking-horse.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456757354400460818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmdyrAmO0a0P1tkDhzqLnTY9Gd4uI1WGXFaoIw-hOUOx2tb_xDqLw2qVipVtwTIk93rmvYOBd4b-L-H65MzY9JbK5M587n4_1D0pXteTpFOrEwt2xGWqp-exQMIf8TEJFIXYXEpcqSJ0k/s400/sjs_rocking-horse.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />above: Rocking Horse, Stainless steel, 2008, 26 x 34 x 15 3/8 in. (66 x 86.5 x 39 cm)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoyPLR75IqlsD4hxQBjIx-izXpNmMYoqCnhgQWXPmGe64znkC22nq10Z_P4cpVViWMZ2aHpDvtIYTKEpla8UKSFqIELGhlG6xSJo1aUxsOvu9RF0dR_K-bq4Hw2WDwPZ7CePWgLUBIdo/s1600/sjs_rollerblades.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456757261889277842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoyPLR75IqlsD4hxQBjIx-izXpNmMYoqCnhgQWXPmGe64znkC22nq10Z_P4cpVViWMZ2aHpDvtIYTKEpla8UKSFqIELGhlG6xSJo1aUxsOvu9RF0dR_K-bq4Hw2WDwPZ7CePWgLUBIdo/s400/sjs_rollerblades.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 679px;" /></a><br />above: Rollerblades, Stainless steel, 2008, 14 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 8 1/2 in. (36 x 15 x 21.5 cm)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Jtmtf1SkAVdw2B1gbVVemXOlEE6ArKqlLIHirSOOO2qdSgz12yN361VPV0_g02J4G0xL8tgR39ssCKxdQJDI2K9MF2DePTmDwl53_aaz2e9UoGzVm-1j1uftz98a3VwzQHemxcLoyUE/s1600/trike.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456765007150085634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Jtmtf1SkAVdw2B1gbVVemXOlEE6ArKqlLIHirSOOO2qdSgz12yN361VPV0_g02J4G0xL8tgR39ssCKxdQJDI2K9MF2DePTmDwl53_aaz2e9UoGzVm-1j1uftz98a3VwzQHemxcLoyUE/s400/trike.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 413px;" /></a><br />above: tricycle, stainless steel, 2008<br /><br />Earlier this year, Shi Jinsong's Ne Zha works were part of a <span class="short_text" id="result_box"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#fff'" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#ebeff9'" title="rinascita contemporanea">'China - contemporary revival</span></span>', exhibition at the <a href="http://www.comune.milano.it/dseserver/webcity/portale/palreale.nsf/index.htm?readForm&settore=MCOI-66DHPH_HP" target="_blank">Palazzo Reale</a>, in Milan, Italy. The images below are from his works in that show, courtesy of <a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/8457/shi-jinsong-gun-shape-baby-carriage.html">Designboom.</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiJDA8dA6j5Ft8v9xB-RxIiYxx_19KXOqLSZPwqVmB-UyuZT_fc7Mjt-KWdSZSB_QHgZ0TGkSkAbB_In_fgiL4kRflkrM8MVRi3j0HCLqu2XCknvdKLadWHTcs6LEEkz7M4knGRr2T2Q/s1600/jinsong01.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456759525379780866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiJDA8dA6j5Ft8v9xB-RxIiYxx_19KXOqLSZPwqVmB-UyuZT_fc7Mjt-KWdSZSB_QHgZ0TGkSkAbB_In_fgiL4kRflkrM8MVRi3j0HCLqu2XCknvdKLadWHTcs6LEEkz7M4knGRr2T2Q/s400/jinsong01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 529px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYy2vTLwhZ6yxCStRgxsyLvyZjvpVVWHY3aGg_O8anAJqJDdwhcEYCvprfXj7urSeKSmMkAGs-QklfxnK0Ppr4GQLcLLWP0EyLWY2iwpp4E5nyRB6KGSYLcKWo6fefYTaeHD84VY1zAc/s1600/jinsong02.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456766657156832994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYy2vTLwhZ6yxCStRgxsyLvyZjvpVVWHY3aGg_O8anAJqJDdwhcEYCvprfXj7urSeKSmMkAGs-QklfxnK0Ppr4GQLcLLWP0EyLWY2iwpp4E5nyRB6KGSYLcKWo6fefYTaeHD84VY1zAc/s400/jinsong02.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 530px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9qNa_2ZkLjm74VMf_5UQKk1Nrpv_shUbAnCC00_ajrm6XaLVAuimDqx3ptNcLJmakS2Jp71FkroxYO91iaZCT67XK7U9HdvYSV5b7tKal1xktP3NDYQuyp6h0XBebb7blKhXEMqsvlU/s1600/jinsong04.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456766790006119058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9qNa_2ZkLjm74VMf_5UQKk1Nrpv_shUbAnCC00_ajrm6XaLVAuimDqx3ptNcLJmakS2Jp71FkroxYO91iaZCT67XK7U9HdvYSV5b7tKal1xktP3NDYQuyp6h0XBebb7blKhXEMqsvlU/s400/jinsong04.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 394px;" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrZRW0uxlP_dhMllrJWggEdSjqjH4-XR5Ya4zD6IKdWcW5iYdFdCnGlkseKUggJZpcikjs67RfV-DWpHPrNIwCNdfD8_bcx4Pas1QTh2QRdj320VIQgIyGiSynbiMZH-wrWjJLZ5N_4Y/s1600/jinsong05.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456794976405393618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrZRW0uxlP_dhMllrJWggEdSjqjH4-XR5Ya4zD6IKdWcW5iYdFdCnGlkseKUggJZpcikjs67RfV-DWpHPrNIwCNdfD8_bcx4Pas1QTh2QRdj320VIQgIyGiSynbiMZH-wrWjJLZ5N_4Y/s400/jinsong05.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 398px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">about the artist:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBXJogrAUTC0PIylc2RvWhkb2kkHA76fZiQhe-pwoB8T6qh7oV8eUDM3GRtii46LPdQFeckZutw4oMB7Q7Pt3wCs3gKJwM9XnJb9Nnh4Ogfj4AgN5GHUaD_aTpueOmCDkxUAsAQhKdH4/s1600/shi_jinsong.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456778501091708146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTBXJogrAUTC0PIylc2RvWhkb2kkHA76fZiQhe-pwoB8T6qh7oV8eUDM3GRtii46LPdQFeckZutw4oMB7Q7Pt3wCs3gKJwM9XnJb9Nnh4Ogfj4AgN5GHUaD_aTpueOmCDkxUAsAQhKdH4/s400/shi_jinsong.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 409px;" /></a><br /><br />Born in Danyang County, Hubei Province in 1969, Shi Jinsong enrolled at the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in 1994, majoring in sculpture and mastering a gamut of traditional techniques. Under the influence of three powerful stimuli - radical socio-cultural change in China; a reading of Foucault's Madness and Civilization; and the birth of his first daughter - the artist began to investigate ideas of transformation and control.<br /><br />The images in this post are courtesy of <a href="http://www.chambersfineart.com/">Chambers Fine Art</a>, <a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/">Saatchi Gallery</a>, <a href="http://www.marellabeijing.com/">Marella Gallery</a>, <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artist/425206877/shi-jinsong.html">ArtNet</a>

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