Rodian

Xing Junqin , 2006
This work satirizes the relationship between thought and military action. A contemporary reinterpretation of Rodin’s The Thinker, immersed in a scene populated by war objects and 20th-century symbols, such as Duchamp’s urinal.

Art in the Details

  • Xing Junqin
  • Painting
  • oil on canvas
  • 230 × 170 cm
  • Madeinartgallery

A monumental, camouflaged thinking figure sits in a surreal environment, among toys, military miniatures, and cloudy skies. Green, bronze/copper, and turquoise tones blend into a reflective and ambiguous atmosphere.

Critical Figuration / Militarized Humanism

“The Camouflaged Thinker,” solo exhibition catalog, 2007

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