New Breed at Design Miami

New Breed shown at Design Miami last December. The work was commissioned by Contrasts Gallery and Pearl Lam and first launched at the Crossover Exhibition Shanghai beginning of September 2006. New Breed consisting of 69 partly broken upscale porcelain eggs.VIEW_MORE

These are suspended from the ceiling and strewn on the ground. Inside each porcelain eggshells there are hand painted Chinese erotic drawings (traditionally produced by native craftsmen).

It is as if each broken egg reveals some dark truth about its procreation; a reflection on notions of sexuality (and of their liberalization) in China.

‘New Breed’ WOKmedia sept 2006
Commissioned by Contrasts Gallery and Pearl Lam (Shanghai)

Porcelain, inside painted through a small opening.
W 330-380 mm x diam. 270-300 mm (each)