wang ruobing
A Square Metre of Green – 1
Mixed media
ABOUT THE WORK
The pre-loved Green
REFLECTION
Collecting green-toned 'junk' has been an everyday thing since I started to deal with green colour related ideologies in my practices. Staying at home during the circuit breaker period has given me the time and thinking space to revisit and sort this 'junk', which number thousands of pieces from all over the world. A Square Metre of Green – 1 was thus conceived under such an unprecedented situation: saving the planet not by planting trees or cleaning up litter but staying at home. Consisting of 55 recycled green objects and covering the exact surface of one square metre, the artwork creates the measurements of time, distance and narratives with these pre-loved objects, making references to sustainability in relation to the material culture.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Wang Ruobing is an artist, educator and independent curator based in Singapore. Her research concentrates on environment, identity, hybridity, and transcultural discourses with a special focus on the contemporary art in China and Southeast Asia. In her art practices, Ruobing often uses everyday objects, challenging ways of seeing and commenting on the process of knowledge acquisition. Ruobin is a lecturer at LASALLE's McNally School of Fine Arts.