Jungle No.10

Ye Hongxing began working with stickers in 2009. With these works, a new sense of production was created.
The foundational layer of her work is a painting, while the conception of her work allows for spur-of-the-moment changes during the sticker placement process. The production is not merely the physical embodiment of the idea, but an inseparable part of the creative process itself, with the fitting together of stickers and matching of colors a form of meditation.
Ye Hongxing’s work commands awe for the complexity of creation and for the harmonious battles within each composition, drawing smiles at the discovery of the familiar and wide eyes at the subtle jabs at her Beijing surrounding world. Playing with images that transcend boundaries, tapping into the collective unconscious, Romantic notions, commercial images, and utopian idealism, the resulting mosaicked illusions shape a sense of fantasy that revives innocent wonder. The words used to describe contemporary China tend to the superlative or hyperbolic, with comparisons on a global scale. Ye Hongxing describes her work as “a reaction to the swift change of China's social system,” focusing on fusion and confusion in China's rapidly changing society as visuals battle for supremacy on her canvases.