"Follow the Object" is a term used in the world of traditional crafts and cultural relics. On the one hand, this concept corresponds to the method of creation, playing with the shape, texture and color of natural materials. On the other hand, it also shows a kind of value orientation, a traditional aesthetic concept which is extended and expanded in the contemporary context.



Xiong Yanjun’s recent work has not only deliberately opened up to humble, cheap materials, but also to his surroundings and to the stretch of time. Through splicing, inlaying, adhesion and penetration, Xiong Yanjun fuses various materials together to form an "organic" integrated composition. Genetically, they almost erase the distinction between painting, sculpture and installation.



Xiong Yanjun feels like a craftsman making fake cultural relics. Although the forms of the products are different from the cultural relics, they have some similar logic. It became increasingly clear that Xiong Yanjun was always