Jing Huang

“If the distance between China and North America is 7723 km, then what is the distance

between the previous me and the current me? If there are 12 hours between home and

here, what time is it now? When a new life meets an old one, that moment draws me

close. Tasting newness and oldness at the same time, I become the distance and

difference; I am there, here, then, now.

In my recent work, I explore nature, identity, sense of place, and cultural displacement.

Comparing and utilizing the elements and values from the East and the West, I trace my

past, find my position. Living and moving among cultures, histories, languages, and

assumptions always brings more – a question or an answer?

My work is comprised of multiple layers of ceramic materials and possibilities,

suspended and fired on stilts, flowing down and pooling naturally in response to the

topography and gravity. I hand-build my sculptures part by part and assemble them

together to achieve an unknown structure and landscape. During this experimental and

highly unpredictable process of making, firing, and installing, the position of my work

has shifted and changed, becoming a new work of art. The scene of my work now looks

ambiguous - it is neither the picture of my hometown nor the view of here. It is

something extracted from a recollection of experience and imagination; it comes from a

person who appreciates the past and embraces the possibilities of the future.”