Xuanbo Cao (London Design Festival 2024)
Xuanbo Cao is an artist based in London whose work is deeply inspired by nature, plants, and everyday life. She collects colours, shapes, and compositions from these elements, seeking to find a balance between representational and abstract art. Her distinctive style is marked by vibrant colours and lively forms, achieved by combining various materials to create innovative and imaginative pieces.
The inspiration comes from the plants’ cells experiments done by a witch in her laboratory. She recombines different cells to form new life forms, and choose one of them which is suitable for herself and make it accessories to carry with her. I am this witch, and I made these living beings and kept them in transparent containers.
'Witches represent women who transcend domination and restriction.' With the advent of equal rights awareness, women slowly grow freely outward from the frame of being stared at and restricted, showing their positive and splendid vitality in various forms. Cells like those shown in the work break through the glass slide being observed and form free-form shapes. The definition of a witch could be changed, and the culture of witches could continue and grow freely.
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