Gu Dexin

The choice of using perishable materials, such as meat, flowers and fruits, reflects Gu Dexin’s deep-rooted firm opinion towards human beliefs which he deems selfdeceptive.

Gu’s works bear no title, he simply adopts the time of when the installation is completed and the work begins its process of decay and transformation, as a designation in order to emphasise the ephemeral nature of the work. In the exhibition “2007-01-13” held in San Gimignano, Italy, and in the exhibition “2006-09-02” held at Le Moulin, France, he displayed, bananas and apples, fruits that have strong sexual and sin-related implications, which were left to decay or to be consumed and taken away by visitors inside the gallery spaces for more than two months.