Tian Jianxin 田建新
Eye Drops 眼药水, 2024
aluminium lid 铝炖锅盖
16 x 16 x 6 cm
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 in
6 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 in
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Tian Jianxin’s 'Eye Drops' (2024) combines elements of surrealism and everyday objects. The piece depicts an eye with a drop, resembling a tear. What makes the work particularly intriguing is...
Tian Jianxin’s "Eye Drops" (2024) combines elements of surrealism and everyday objects. The piece depicts an eye with a drop, resembling a tear. What makes the work particularly intriguing is the medium and the transformation of the ordinary object used to create the image. The eye is realized on an aluminum lid, most likely the cover of a pot, which brings a sense of everyday domesticity into the artwork.
In this piece, the pupil of the eye is reimagined as the handle of the pot, blending the human form with the utilitarian object in a subtle yet striking way. The combination of the human eye and the pot lid creates a tension between the organic and the manufactured, inviting the viewer to reconsider the significance and symbolism of these objects when placed in this unexpected context. The drop enhances the emotional and metaphorical weight of the work, suggesting themes of vulnerability, fragility, and the passage of time.
Tian Jianxin was born in Baoding, Hebei Province, China in 1994, and currently lives and works in Beijing. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2018 and 2022. Having been trained in classical sculpture, Tian blends the profound simplicity of Buddhist statuary, the wit of folkloric figure-making and the naturalistic objectivity of classical Western sculpture to create full-bodied forms, while making a humorous twist through his reconstruction of found everyday objects, ranging from kitchen utensils to architectural ornaments. Glimpses of the artist’s lived experience emerge from the history and traits of the altered objects, composing a myth of mundanity.
田建新的作品《眼药水》（2024）巧妙融合了超现实主义与日常物件的元素，创造了由古典美学和烟火气交织而成的视觉交响曲。这件作品描绘了一只眼睛和一颗像泪水般的水滴。这件作品的独特之处不仅在于其意象，更在于艺术家对于媒介的选择及其对寻常物件的奇妙转化眼睛和泪水浮现于一块铝制锅盖之上，赋予了作品一丝居家和日常的亲切感。
在《眼药水》中，锅盖的手柄被巧妙地化作眼睛的瞳孔，使人体形态与实用物件以一种含蓄却震撼的方式相融合。人的眼睛与锅盖的结合，形成了一种微妙的对立：一方是有机的、承载情感的，而另一方则是制造的、功能性的。这种出人意料的置换引导观者重新思考这些物件在特定语境下的象征意义。那一滴垂落的液滴，更为作品增添了情感与隐喻的分量，仿佛诉说着那些脆弱、易逝的瞬间，以及时间流转的无声叙事。
田建新 1994 年生于中国河北保定，现工作生活于北京。他在 2018 年和 2022 年分别获得中央美术 学院雕塑系的学士和硕士学位。在其接受的传统造型训练的影响下，他的雕塑有些或肌肉浑圆，或 骨相饱满，将佛教雕像的博约、民间塑像的趣味以及西方古典雕塑的客观与写实融冶为一体。另一 些则在中正平和之外，多了一丝诙谐幽默。他通过重塑日常生活中收集和拾得的厨具和建筑装饰物 等现成品来表达造型和感受，在物品自身的历史和特质中注入他亲历的生活瞬间，叙述一个凡俗日常的诗意神话。
In this piece, the pupil of the eye is reimagined as the handle of the pot, blending the human form with the utilitarian object in a subtle yet striking way. The combination of the human eye and the pot lid creates a tension between the organic and the manufactured, inviting the viewer to reconsider the significance and symbolism of these objects when placed in this unexpected context. The drop enhances the emotional and metaphorical weight of the work, suggesting themes of vulnerability, fragility, and the passage of time.
Tian Jianxin was born in Baoding, Hebei Province, China in 1994, and currently lives and works in Beijing. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sculpture from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 2018 and 2022. Having been trained in classical sculpture, Tian blends the profound simplicity of Buddhist statuary, the wit of folkloric figure-making and the naturalistic objectivity of classical Western sculpture to create full-bodied forms, while making a humorous twist through his reconstruction of found everyday objects, ranging from kitchen utensils to architectural ornaments. Glimpses of the artist’s lived experience emerge from the history and traits of the altered objects, composing a myth of mundanity.
田建新的作品《眼药水》（2024）巧妙融合了超现实主义与日常物件的元素，创造了由古典美学和烟火气交织而成的视觉交响曲。这件作品描绘了一只眼睛和一颗像泪水般的水滴。这件作品的独特之处不仅在于其意象，更在于艺术家对于媒介的选择及其对寻常物件的奇妙转化眼睛和泪水浮现于一块铝制锅盖之上，赋予了作品一丝居家和日常的亲切感。
在《眼药水》中，锅盖的手柄被巧妙地化作眼睛的瞳孔，使人体形态与实用物件以一种含蓄却震撼的方式相融合。人的眼睛与锅盖的结合，形成了一种微妙的对立：一方是有机的、承载情感的，而另一方则是制造的、功能性的。这种出人意料的置换引导观者重新思考这些物件在特定语境下的象征意义。那一滴垂落的液滴，更为作品增添了情感与隐喻的分量，仿佛诉说着那些脆弱、易逝的瞬间，以及时间流转的无声叙事。
田建新 1994 年生于中国河北保定，现工作生活于北京。他在 2018 年和 2022 年分别获得中央美术 学院雕塑系的学士和硕士学位。在其接受的传统造型训练的影响下，他的雕塑有些或肌肉浑圆，或 骨相饱满，将佛教雕像的博约、民间塑像的趣味以及西方古典雕塑的客观与写实融冶为一体。另一 些则在中正平和之外，多了一丝诙谐幽默。他通过重塑日常生活中收集和拾得的厨具和建筑装饰物 等现成品来表达造型和感受，在物品自身的历史和特质中注入他亲历的生活瞬间，叙述一个凡俗日常的诗意神话。