Amid a confusing time for bodily identity, this article highlights how modern artists are addressing the complexity of the human form. With advancements in medical technology juxtaposed against social media distortions and a global pandemic, artists are showcasing the body as malleable rather than fixed. Curator Lanka Tattersall discusses an exhibition, 'Vital Signs: Artists and the Body,' which illustrates how contemporary art reflects the fluidity of human experiences. Artist Jes Fan emphasizes the symbolic role of materials like soy, embodying themes of identity and transformation in his work.
The body reveals itself as matter that can be molded and looked at, made pliable and shifted, reflecting artists’ fresh urgency in exploring bodily identity and vulnerability.
In Fan's work, soy serves as a symbolic androgyne; a source of both pharmaceutical estrogen and testosterone, symbolizing the fluidity and transitory nature of bodily forms.
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