Photography (MA)
Ying Wang
Ying Wang’s childhood experiences motivated her to attempt to express a form of unspeakable violence between humans and animals. Her research shifts from an anthropocentric perspective to the animal gaze. The period of transition involves the exploration of religion, ritual and death. In contrast to the narrative of her earlier work, Rebirth depicts the ambiguous and suggestive existence of beings, and questions the exchange of identity between man and the Other.
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A key influence is the idea of the supremacy of objects over subjects. In Rebirth, she regards the animal gaze as a mirror viewers can use to reflect on the common zone occupied by humans and animals, including that of death. Humans are aware of the crisis of subjectivity, and this capacity for reflection has allowed the relationship between man and the Other to become mutual.