What Chinese artists should have, their position, and the way they should express it is actually the nourishment of their own culture. All of these cultures, if you put it a bit bigger, are this country, if you put it a bit smaller, they are your hometown. I was fortunate to be born in Quanzhou with such a profound cultural heritage, which enabled me to continuously dig out my creative elements from my own culture.

—— Wu Daxin




Introduction

Many of Wu Daxin's creations come from the traditional culture of southern Fujian, and his work "Kylin" is inspired by the Kylin Wall located in the Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou. The sculpture "Kylin" is covered with white scales made of white ceramics, and the artist also screwed a single screw on each scale to make it more industrial, just like a unicorn wearing armor, which looks even more mighty.

2020 is a year of turbulent disasters. With the ravages of the new crown virus, the unexpected death of heroes, and the mutual slander between nations, mankind is facing unprecedented chaos in the world, which is inevitable. However, since ancient times, people believed that there must be auspiciousness wherever unicorns appear. Therefore, in such an eventful autumn full of evil spirits, Wu Daxin recreated a contemporary "Kylin" to pray for the world, hoping that it can eradicate ominous events and write modern legends.


Jasminum grandiflorum was inspired by the "Fang Nv", a fishing girl living in Xunpu Village, Donghai Town, Fengze District, Quanzhou, Fujian. They take the sea as their neighbor and flowers as their companions, and they dress and dress up every morning, surrounded by hairpins. The Jasminum grandiflorum is the most important symbol in the circle of the female hairpin. Wu Daxin used this as a material and used ceramic craftsmanship to bring together a thousand Jasminum grandiflorum flowers as a gift to his hometown. In the eyes of the artist, the Jasminum grandiflorum is not only a symbol of Pengxiu, but also a symbol of Quanzhou as a whole.