Huazhu Zhang(Ester)

Nowadays the clothing sizes for young Asian women have been getting smaller, leaving many young girls unable to find clothes that fit them properly. This product aims to instill more confidence in Asian women, let them break the anxious of sizes and bloom like a beautiful rose. Calls upon both society and clothing manufacturers to change sizing standards, discouraging the deliberate creation of body anxiety.

This exhibition features prominent Neo-Expressionist artists, such as Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring. My goal is to offer visitors a deep understanding of Neo-Expressionism and these young artists. The exhibition immerses visitors in discussions with Haring and Basquiat as they explore their works, gaining insights into their evolving ideas. Thematic decals on the walls, resembling subway stations, old brick walls, locomotives, and the LGBTQ rainbow, enhance the exhibition's authentic atmosphere, providing a compelling context for the art.

The most romantic and heartwarming part of the exhibition design is the two nooks where you can write letters to those two artists. Visitors could write anything and put it in a paper bag with "Love to Haring/Love to Basquiat" written on it, and colorful heart-shaped letterheads became part of the exhibition, too.

This artwork is crafted from acrylic and metal flowers, symbolizing how the allure of opulence can be akin to a gilded serpent. As it coils around, blinding your vision with desires, it eventually open its mouth, unveils its sharp teeth, and consuming you.
I finally decided to paste real, metallic flowers with shimmering colors instead of outlining the lines of the flowers with gold leaf, in order to make the effect of the image more stunning and wonderful.

A acrylic drawing, inspiration from Picasso's abstract style painting, adopts an ironic approach. The artwork satirizes some female celebrities/internet influencer who possess material wealth but lack depth in their character, obsessively follow trends without truly understanding their significance. Those exaggerated, almost blindingly long eyelashes obscure their vision, symbolizing their spiritual blindness. They don't have any connotations, the only thing that they can show people is their sexy body. While adorned in excessive gold jewelry, they remain as insubstantial as a kite tethered to a fragile string, susceptible to breaking. Above their head, some bolt of golden are falling.