Yulin Mona Du
My project explores women's redefinition of the concept ‘female’ and the changing processes involved in taking control of their own lives. My works combine things that women use in daily rituals to maintain health and beauty for the female gaze. This includes the shapes of hands and images of nature, such as growing trees, flowers and plants to symbolise that women have begun to face up to their true desires and master their own lives.
The lives of modern women who choose to be independent may seem silent, empty, lonely, even indifferent. However, they choose this to retain their independent thinking spaces in order to better understand what they want, take better care of themselves and enhance their ability to love. It also provides a framework for them to passionately embrace their lives.
Cold Passion, 2020
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