As an adult, do you remember your childhood? In our childhood, many precious images seem to be blurred as we grow up, but we clearly know that it is in the depths of our memory.
For childhood, the most important stage of life, each artist has a different way of expression, and the artist Ryan Kild from Norway is one of the sculptors who can best depict childhood memories in Xiao Jiang. The sculptor is known for her broken, missing sculptures of children, made of concrete, copper wire, metal, wood and silicone, and "air" is also part of her sculptures.
Ryan Kild spent her childhood in a small town near Oslo, where she developed an interest in wood carving, and her parents set up a small studio for her in the basement. This love of sculpture continues to this day, serving as a bridge between her childhood memories and the world of adulthood.
Inspired by Ryan Kild's childhood memories and her daily life with her daughter, these broken sculptures vividly depict the various states of the children. In Ryan Kild's view, body language is the universal language of the world, especially children's body language, which is more pure, and it can convey strong emotions and needs, from playing with balloons to holding hands for a stroll, or walking in high heels like an adult, and seeing these broken sculptures reminds us that we seem to have done something similar.
In her sculptures, the concept of brokenness is a central concept, representing forgotten, trivial, or detached parts, and these incomplete sculptures are traces of what was once complete, suggesting childhood stories and memories that we are gradually forgetting. The absence of most of the sculptures leaves the audience with unlimited imagination and invites the audience to participate in weaving stories with imagination, which is why Xiao Jiang will say that "air" is also an integral part of the sculptures.
The sculptor explains the purpose of the broken children's sculptures: "These sculptures evoke memories and connect them with their childhood and family. "They are like a fragment in the depths of our memory, although it is very vague and we can't see the hands, feet and faces of the people in our memory, but we can still recall them through a certain action.
If we don't understand the reasons for the creation of these sculptures, we will only feel depressed and nervous when we appreciate them from the surface of the sculptures, but after understanding the reasons for the creation of these sculptures, we will feel warmth, fun and strong emotions from these sculptures, which will make us fall into the memories of our childhood, bring us greater touch, and at the same time, let us cherish our family more.