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The Other Side (part)
Geng Xue
(Artist)
Geng Xue created The Other Side in response to the death of a friend in a road accident. It is a dream-like landscape in which a female figure lies dead on the far side of a river. This relates to a rite in Chinese Daoist funerals when the soul of the deceased symbolically crosses a bridge to the world of the dead – a final moment of farewell. The figure of the dead woman resembles the dolls used by female patients in traditional Chinese medicine to point out to doctors where they had problems, without having to reveal their own bodies.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39106
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Gift from the artist, 15/12/2009
Given by the artist
Measurements
Height
(cm): 13.2 reclining figure
Length
(cm): 36.7 reclining figure
Depth
(cm): 12.0 reclining figure
Height
(cm): 54.0 large tree
Width
(cm): 20.0 large tree
Depth
(cm): 18.0 large tree
Height
(cm): 13.7 upright rock
Width
(cm): 8.7 upright rock
Depth
(cm): 6.9 upright rock
Height
(cm): 5.0 low rock
Width
(cm): 10.0 low rock
Depth
(cm): 6.8 low rock
Material
Porcelain
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