The life of “Kongkong” is continuous — from pregnancy to birth to growth, closely bound up to the changes of the artist in the daily life and the entanglement of her personal psychological experience. Moreover Kongkong is still “growing.” “Kongkong” has comprehensive “language form” — from the traditional painting to the contemporary concepts, to photo, performance and installation, to the most fashionable animation, to the most ancient Mandala illustration, to the utmost paired up patterns, to the most feminine handicraft labor.
——Extracted from LIAO Wen’s “Understanding Kongkong: Another Way of Self-Realisation” 2009
Kong Kong is a doll with three horns, which evolved from the shape of a ring. In 2001, during the Mobile Rainbow project, I bought different kinds of beads in Tokyo and made up various rings to ease the tedium of the long journey. Inspired by one of the rings, I created a doll that was neither human nor animal and named it Kong Kong, which means empty, thus starting the Kong Kong series after Mobile Rainbow.
——Xiongwenyun
玩偶空空 Kongkong Dolls
玩偶空空 2002
Doll Konkong 2002
空空装置 Kongkong Installations
联合国空空 龙德轩当代艺术中心 2010
The United Nations of Kongkong LDX contemporary Art Center 2010
众生 宋庄美术馆 2014
Sentient beings Songzhuang Art Museum 2014
空空曼陀罗 韩国现代美术馆 2007
Kongkong Mandala Museum of Modern Art in Korea 2007
空空迷宫 重庆规划展览馆 2006
Kongkong maze Chongqing Exhibition Hall 2006
空空动画短片 2007
Kongkong Animated short film 2007
曼陀罗空空 Mandala Kongkong
曼陀罗 1号 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala No.1 150x150x9cm Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗 2号 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala No.2 150x150x9cm Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗 3号 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala No.3 150x150x9cm Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗 4号 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala No.4 150x150x9cm Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗空空 过去 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala Kongkong Past 150cmx150cmx9cm
Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗空空 现在 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala Kongkong Present 150cmx150cmx9cm
Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗空空 未来 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala Kongkong Future 150cmx150cmx9cm
Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗魔鬼空空 过去 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala Phantom Kongkong Past 150cmx150cmx9cm
Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗魔鬼空空 现在 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala Phantom Kongkong Present 150cmx150cmx9cm Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗魔鬼空空 未来 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala Phantom Kongkong Future 150cmx150cmx9cm
Acrylic on canvas 2009
曼陀罗空空游乐园 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Mandala Kongkong Amusement Part 150cmx150cmx9cm Acrylic on canvas 2009
空空曼陀罗 时代美术馆成都 2023
Kongkong Mandala Times Art Museum ChengDu 2023
空空云游 150cmx150cmx9cm 布面丙烯 2009
Kongkong Wandering 150x150cm Acrylic Mixed media on canvas 2009