Duke of Apple in the Vile Oubliette
(2020)
- Medium
- watercolour on papier-mâché, wool, pearls, plastic beads, metal, foam, stainless steel
- Measurements
- 129.7 × 91.8 × 60.6 cm (variable)
- Place/s of Execution
- Shanghai, China
- Accession Number
- 2022.799
- Department
- Contemporary Design and Architecture
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Rob Gould, 2022
© Fei Yining - Gallery location
- Not on display
- About this work
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Combining the absurd with the real, Fei Yining creates fictional worlds and speculative narratives across digital media and sculpture. Her sculptures, originally made to scan into her digital animations, appear monstrous and are inspired by horror and suspense writers, such as Edgar Allen Poe and The Scarlet House writer Angela Carter. Offering her creations as pieces of furniture, she juxtaposes their grotesque nature with utility. In Duke of Apple in the Vile Oubliette, her creature leans back into the shape of an armchair. The artist seems to challenge us, asking if we would want to sit in such a peculiar and unsettling piece.