First of all, the "rebar" is made of wood, presenting the deep connection of form, perception, and material. Secondly, the distorted shape of the rebar is from the abnormality of building projects and qualities sadly found in China, representing a kind of "unnatural" force in the reality. At the mean time, under the control of the artist, the line and rhythm in the form of the portrait goes along with the Chinese understanding of "natural" and "empty". This contradiction between "natural" and "unnatural" questions our way of seeing the present and the world. The essences of reality, ideal, and material are all here in.

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