Sculpting Nuwa
REFLEXION•Jul 12, 2025 — Sep 09, 2025
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REFLEXION is pleased to present the first solo exhibition, Sculpting Nuwa, by artist Xie Qun, starting July 12, 2025. This exhibition marks the artist's first solo at Reflexion.
Which craftsman created the body of Nuwa?
The story of Nuwa stands out as the most powerful one in the female group portraits in the old world order. However, her story was conditioned and slimmed down into an emasculated version by later societies throughout the ages. Nuwa, the creator, was remolded throughout history; the weight she, as the ancestor, carries was constantly diminished. She is coupled with Fuxi to balance her power, then steadily loses her ground in the patriarchal society. She vanished into a fragmented vision, with no head and no tail. Perhaps the only legacy people now recognize is her legend of “kneading clay into people.” Her original “liveliness” is a relic from the distant Neolithic age thousands of years ago; the only faint clue was the patchy pottery, where our...More
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Sculpting Nuwa
REFLEXION•Jul 12, 2025 — Sep 09, 2025
Press Release
REFLEXION is pleased to present the first solo exhibition, Sculpting Nuwa, by artist Xie Qun, starting July 12, 2025. This exhibition marks the artist's first solo at Reflexion.
Which craftsman created the body of Nuwa?
The story of Nuwa stands out as the most powerful one in the female group portraits in the old world order. However, her story was conditioned and slimmed down into an emasculated version by later societies throughout the ages. Nuwa, the creator, was remolded throughout history; the weight she, as the ancestor, carries was constantly diminished. She is coupled with Fuxi to balance her power, then steadily loses her ground in the patriarchal society. She vanished into a fragmented vision, with no head and no tail. Perhaps the only legacy people now recognize is her legend of “kneading clay into people.” Her original “liveliness” is a relic from the distant Neolithic age thousands of years ago; the only faint clue was the patchy pottery, where our...More
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