At last

Creation Time: 2010 Size: 526x125x100cm Material: locust wood

With the aim of surviving, a tree has to continually grow upwards, endeavoring to extending its branches and leaves for more sunshine. Although this tree fails to make it to the end as I found it lying down on the roadside, it still appears straight.

When I removed the superfluous branches, kept the roots in a clean sharp, and straight state, I feel there emerges a pure sign of life desire that it carries with the spirit of persistence, rises straight from the earth and points to the sky. It is a spiritual totem on which I place my personal feelings.

Translated by Wei Yihan