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ArtEvol 2025 / Jingtian Yang
Bloom Touch, Never Reach , 2025 Metal sculpture and monoprint on silicone 102 × 42 × 193 cm
Jingtian Yang is a Chinese interdisciplinary artist based in London with an academic background in animation and printmaking. Yang’s practice, grounded in relational art, examines dynamics between individuals and society, exploring intimacy, contradictions, identity and the tension between private and public. Working across sculpture, painting, printmaking, 3D modelling and experimental video, Yang combines philosophical inquiry with material investigation. Traditional printmaking, particularly etching, screen printing and lithography, is integrated with other forms to create immersive experiences. Yang’s works often begin with the body as an entry point, conceived not as representation but as presence. Printmaking functions as a conceptual framework to investigate unstable ties, while sculptural and video languages reconfigure spatial and relational dimensions of the image.
Artwork Introduction
Bloom Touch, Never Reach traces the tension between longing and fear, the desire to be close and the instinct to pull away. Within a rigid metal frame stretches a delicate sheet of silicone, soft as skin, imprinted with lace patterns evoking memory, family and forgotten tenderness. The silicone feels like an overgrowth of skin, formed to protect and also to isolate, both shield and barrier. On either side, metal flowers lean in, drawn toward the skin yet never meeting, forever caught in the space between. The work reflects the silent distances carried and the unseen weight of wanting to touch while holding back.
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