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Installation Record
Escape from the Skin
Shi Jinsong
- Artist
- Shi Jinsong
- Title
- Escape from the Skin
- Year
- 2015
- Medium
- Installation
- Dimensions
- 44.7 × 54.7 × 14 cm
- Format
- Installation
- Copyright
- © Shi Jinsong
How does the work change when you treat the surrounding space as part of the artwork?
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Look With This WorkDissolution and rebirth through material shell
The artist places everyday objects such as fruit and toys into an electrolytic copper solution, allowing the originals to dissolve while a copper shell remains. The work stages a passage between cheap and precious, momentary and lasting, surface and interior.
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