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Vanitas 1: The Absent Flower
Jilin Wang
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Dimensions
L18 x W13 x H 37 cm
Materials
Mixed Clay Bodies
Jilin Wang is a Chinese ceramic artist informed by memento mori and Zen philosophy, her practice reflects on the essence of life and the inevitability of change. By blending clay bodies and stains, Wang explores the material’s potential to embody decay, stillness, and transformation; creating sculptural forms that invite viewers to contemplate existence, impermanence, and the quiet beauty within life’s transient moments.
Vanitas: The Absent Flower reflects on the tradition of still-life painting, where flowers were often symbolised as eternal bloom and staged for admiration. Here, the flower refuses to remain a symbol. It withdraws from the viewer’s gaze, reclaiming the right to grow, wither, and change on its own terms; no longer frozen, but quietly alive.
