The base of a sculpture, just like the framework of a painting, separates the creation from the realistic space. When the base is removed, the creation is integrated with its surrounding space and becomes part of the realistic space, just like a common object in daily life.

Wang Xiaohui has made an artistic breakthrough with her recent sculpture creations "Nail Series". As a public installation, "Nail Series" overthrow conventional concepts of sculpture, featuring no foundations, structures of forms. A tiny part of the human body is amplified and installed directly on the ground, without traditional monument-like bases, highlighting Wang's constant artistic focus on humanity.

When Wang demonstrates part of the human body as an object, she implies that the body has become part of our daily life, just like sculptures of human figures in the street, which revoke a life experiences or reflect our life, instead of calling people to make icon worship. Wang selects forms not simply for the sake of form itself; she use forms to imply experience in daily life, especially women's experience.

As daily life often means experience of the time, Wang's sculptures are highlights of contemporary themes. Her works of female themes has gained her the reputation as an artist with "contemporary value".

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