Yiqing Li

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In the picture there's a shackled man, standing upside down. His head is chopped off and placed between his legs. Blood paints his broken neck red. The background color yellow gives an energetic and vital perception, which is the exact opposite of the character. The whole picture is a binary opposition: the man is dead, yet not dead; he is standing, yet not standing; his head is where it's supposed to be, yet not quite the way it should be. The only element without a counterpart is the shackle, which is the core of the problem: confinement. The man is deprived of Freedom. Freedom defines humanity. Without freedom, a man is a "man", yet not quite a man.
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