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Jewellery & Metal (MA)

Jiaqi Zhang

Hi there. My name is Jiaqi Zhang (Jackie). I finished my BA degree in Graphic Design at Boston University.

Exhibitions:

2019.5 JAM Matter-morphosis Firsr year show, Dyson Gallery

2020.3 Schmuck Munich Jewellery Week (canceled due to COVID-19)

2020.3 Jewellery Culture Exchange, Sunny Art Centre, London

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Degree Details

School of Arts & Humanities

Jewellery & Metal (MA)

Blindness (literal): deprivation of sight, not being able to see.

Blindness (metaphorical): deprivation of senses, not being able to perceive.

This is my observation and reaction to blindness involved in social and political phenomena, in which people with different cultural background are not able to understand and empathize with each other. This could happen as a result of initiatively or passively deprived of the total truth, by only presenting segments of information or one-sided opinion. Blindness or being blinded is not only the deprivation of our own senses, but also the silencing of different opinions and possibilities.

My work is subjective and personal analysis of this phenomena of blindness, with my own observation and experiences.

*A huge thank you to my personal tutor Jonathan Boyd, who encouraged me "never be afraid of expressing you own opinion".

Blind Man and Elephant 1 JPG

Blind Man and Elephant 2 JPG

...A blind man feels the leg with his hands: “Elephant is a big column.”
The second blind man feels the body with his hands: “No, elephant is a wall.” The third blind man says after touched the ear: “No, elephant is a fan.”

So, what does an elephant feel like?

Medium:

Bronze, black thread, stainless steel snack chain

Size:

12*8*6cm
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Elephant glasses JPG

Rendered Elephant glasses JPG

Rotating glasses

Rotating glasses

“This is right between your eyes. “ My mom used to tease me when I lost track of something very obvious.

Medium:

Gold plated bronze

Size:

15*13*3cm

Elephant nose ring JPG

Rendered Elephant nose ring JPG

Rotating nose ring

Rotating nose ring

Fun fact: our brain filters out the information of our noses, and tricks us into believing we cannot see our nose tips when looking straight.

Medium:

Gold plated bronze

Size:

1.5*2*1cm

Shattered glasses JPG

“Fragmented media contents about social and political phenomena deprive us the totality of truth.”

Medium:

Transparent acrylic, gold plated bronze

Size:

15*14*11cm

IMG 6203 JPG

Red Blue glasses JPG

IMG 6201 JPG

Sometimes the hardest is to accept the most obvious.

Medium:

Red acrylic, blue acrylic, gold plated bronze

Size:

15*14*11cm

Face mask 1 JPG

Face mask 2 JPG — A healthy society shouldn’t have only one voice.

“Yes, let’s all blame COVID-19 on Chinese!”

Medium:

3D printed resin, silver spray paint

Size:

15*11*9cm

Prism glasses 2 PNG

Prism glasses 1 PNG

Rendered prism glasses JPG

Rotating head with glasses

Rotating head with glasses

Rotating glasses

Rotating glasses

Medium:

Crystal, gold plated bronze

Size:

15*14*6cm
24 July 2020
14:00 (GMT + 0)
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