·Jiang Jie·Beijing

《Sending off the Red Army - In Commemoration to the》
Mother’s on the Long March
Lightbox installation
sculpture, performance
Yan'an Los Angeles Nursery School
May 21, 2006

The artist created a series of fiberglass babies, which symbolically functioned the newborns which the mother’s along the historical Long March were unable to raise themselves due to the hardships on the road. The sculpture “baby” are adopted and given a name by the local people. Every year, the adoptee and family will take a family portrait with the baby on the baby’s birthday (adoption date)….

In May 2006, one of Jiang Jie’s babies was adopted by the nursery, and named Luo Anbao by the nursery’s principal. In addition, the nursery also held a welcoming ceremony for the “baby” on the adoption date. Every May 22, artist Jiang Jie will receive a photography of Luo Anbao with the children from the nursery. The work recalls a brutal historic memory through the baby’s adoption and intercommunication between the artist and the adopter. The work also represents a historical from a special view of female, providing it with a unique understanding of memory.