The Wheel keeps turning-Patrick Star

车轮滚滚
综合材料
100(h) × 80(w) × 80(d) cm
2024
The Wheels Keep Turning
Mixed media
100(h) × 80(w) × 80(d) cm
2024


在这件作品中，洗衣机的腔体被放大成一个可进入的玩具空间，表面像由橡皮泥捏成带着孩童式的温柔和荒诞。透过那圆形的开口，一个粉色的“派大星”在里面无休止地旋转——那是一种介于卡通幽默与存在恐惧之间的运动，如仓鼠轮般重复且无解，在最轻盈的造型语言中透露出一种深层的绝望。作品以玩具的语言制造出一个温柔的陷阱，那只不停旋转的派大星，仿佛是现代主体在消费社会的滚筒中被洗涤、被抚平、被塑形的象征，是对无意义劳动、机械日常与情绪倦怠的隐喻。

In this work, the washing machine’s chamber is magnified into an enterable, toy-like space. Its surface appears molded from clay, carrying a childlike tenderness and absurdity. Through the circular opening, a pink “Patrick Star” spins endlessly inside—a motion suspended between cartoonish humor and existential dread. Like a hamster wheel, the repetition is futile and inescapable, revealing a quiet despair beneath its lighthearted form. Using the language of play, the work constructs a gentle trap. The perpetually rotating Patrick becomes a symbol of the modern self—washed, smoothed, and reshaped within the tumbling drum of consumer society. It is a metaphor for meaningless labor, mechanical routine, and emotional exhaustion.