{"id":27035,"date":"2024-07-26T10:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T08:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=27035"},"modified":"2024-07-26T11:02:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T09:02:36","slug":"jes-fan-beyond-appearances-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/jes-fan-beyond-appearances-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Jes Fan: Beyond Appearances (2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z8Bt8iq9zE0?si=OwAjHxSXPhlpP6-H\" width=\"780\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video (5:27): Artist Lens &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jesfan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jes Fan<\/a>: Beyond Appearances (2023).<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/jesfan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jes Fan\u2019s sculptures<\/a> fuse human-made and organic elements, inviting visceral responses that question binary thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Fan frequently employs organic materials and other components that invoke the body to explore the possibilities of nature and animacy. In his biomorphic forms and tactile sculptures, Fan juxtaposes the visual elements of human skin\u2014something biological and living\u2014with the cold and clinical instruments of a laboratory to evoke visceral responses from his viewers. Throughout his practice, Fan examines complex ideas of sexuality, gender, race, and species to challenge oppositional concepts and binary thinking.&#8217; &#8211; Artist Lens<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fan\u2019s personal experiences\u2014moving from his native Hong Kong to the United States, growing up queer, and transitioning\u2014have profoundly shaped his artistic practice.(\u2026)&#8217; \u2013 Art21<\/p>\n<p><em>[The copyright of the video above remains with the original holder and it is used here for the purpose of education, comparison and criticism only.]<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Related Link<\/h2>\n<p>Video post. <a title=\"Jes Fan In Flux | Art21 \u201cNew York Close Up\u201d (2019)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/jes-fan-in-flux-art21-new-york-close-up-2019\/\">Jes Fan In Flux | Art21 \u201cNew York Close Up\u201d (2019)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video (5:27): Artist Lens &#8211; Jes Fan: Beyond Appearances (2023). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1473,1466],"tags":[1395],"class_list":["post-27035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist-talk","category-hong-kong","category-northeastern-united-states","tag-jes-fan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}