The Hole

THE HOLE 洞, 2025
PVC fabirc, electric control, mixed media
143.7h x 163.3w x 76.7d in (365h x 415w x 195d cm)

“At the heart of ‘Bao Rong is also me, two!✌️’ lies the colossal ‘The Hole’, a PVC pop extravaganza, which dares audiences to crawl inside its soft, unyielding exterior. At its entrance, a sunflower-like ruffle bursts open, its tendrils reaching towards the Hong Kong jungle. When the sculpture is dormant– that is when the artist is not inside of it, performing– a pair of helpless, eerily mindless prosthetic limbs dangle from its exit, swaying to a hypnotic rhythm”

– Di Liu
The largest work of this exhibition is a massive, biomorphic PVC sculpture The Hole (2025), which is a site for performance. Imagine crawling into its soft, yielding form, sliding through its curves and emerging on the other side - transformed. When it's not in use, a single, helpless yet eerily mindless prosthetic leg dangles from the entrance, swaying to a hypnotic, almost tragic rhythm. At its front, a sunflower-like ruffle bursts open, its tendrils reaching out in all directions, electric and alive, as if reaching for something just out of reach. It's a struggle, a seduction, a dance between innocence and something far more sinister.