Li Hongbo’s Paper Sculptures That Refuse to Stay Still
Torso of a Young Woman, 2012
This official paired photograph keeps the compact and extended states of one work together. On the left, the torso follows the familiar presentation of an anatomical study; on the right, its folded construction opens into an unexpected curve. The transformation makes the space between sheets as visible as the surface they usually form. It is tempting to read the extended state as damage, but the image asks for a different understanding: flexibility is part of the sculpture’s design, not an accident that has happened to it.
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