Menglu is an illustrator and visual artist based in London and China. In her practice she explores the human subconscious and the way our perception of space mutates. She is interested in the boundaries of the spiritual and material worlds, and expresses this through installation art.
Menglu wang
How do we see the world around us, where bodies are entangled, parallel and separate in space? Where is the border? The body interprets the connection to the space as a score, as a rhythm, 1, 2, 3, knock, knock, change!
Balance/Part 1. Body in space. –
How is the body in space? Here I describe how the body is transformed in space, and how the consciousness changes in the process of research. From the individual unconscious to the collective unconscious a new space emerges in the transformation - heterotopia.
Medium:
acrylic, ink, clothSize:
29 x 42 cm
Crossing the Channel - Metamorphosis
Size:
40 x 80 cm
Humanity is looking for a common face that originates from our ancestors. How does the unconscious escape the shackles of the body, how does it change itself, and how does the movement of the body in the process bring pulling and tearing? A kind of spiritual hysteria. And some emotions. How do we perceive these? I perceive these by connecting with the dimension of space, exploring the spatial relationship in it.
Balance/Part 3
Balance and transformation of forces.
The human body is always in motion, accepting the power brought by space and itself. There are many systems within the body and the digestive system in the central part is my focus. This is the main system mediator in the absorption and transformation of external matter. With its regenerative properties, the female uterus has a similar function. It's all regeneration and transformation.
Can we modify the space that the body occupies? And how does modifying the space impact its hold on us, and how does this affect our interaction? Individual forces collide and entangle in space, finally dissolve into zero, and then start a new cycle.
Medium:
wood, painting