Minqi Gu | Mangrove Lamp

Description

FORMALLY TRAINED IN ARCHITECTURE, MINQI GU’S INTEREST LIES IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF FORM AND MATERIAL. FROM THE FOUND/RECYCLED, TO CLAY, TO BIO-PLASTICS. THE ARTIST BELIEVES IN EXPERIMENTING WITH THE COMMON AND THE PRECIOUS. BY MIXING MATERIALS, NEW CONVERSATIONS ARE ACHIEVED.

CONCEPTUALLY THE ARTIST EMBRACES A CURIOUS EXPLORATIONS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCES, HOME LIFE, CONSUMERISM AND FASHION. BOLD AND DELIBERATE IN COLOUR, SIMPLE AND SUGGESTIVE IN FORM AND SATURATED IN MATERIALITY. THE OBJECTS BRING A TRYST TO THE INDIVIDUAL IDEA AND A LIGHT-HEARTED ENGAGEMENT WITH FORM AND COMPOSITION.

HER WORK DEFIES DEFINITION, APPEARING INCONSISTENT IN STYLE AND TECHNIQUE. THE RESULTS ARE OPEN-ENDED JEWELLERY AND OBJECTS.