WUNRN

http://www.wunrn.com

 

Foot Binding - Background:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foot_binding

 

Women of China

http://www.womenofchina.cn/html/womenofchina/report/147170-1.htm

 

By Ye Shan - Editor: Zhu Yanhong

 

CHINA - FOOT BINDING OF WOMEN & GIRLS - HISTORICAL CUSTOM EXHIBITION - BEIJING

 

Beijing Holds Foot-binding Exhibition

Poster of the Exhibition & Elderly Women with Bound Feet [Women of China/ Ye Shan]

The 'Foot-binding Chen Xiaoxuan Comprehensive Art Works Exhibition' organized by the Beijing Yuan Art Museum officially opened in Beijing on November 24, 2012.

The exhibition features Chen Xiaoxuan's photographs, videos and other artwork on foot-binding, an old Chinese custom in which young women's feet were tightly bound to restrict and alter their growth.

Beijing Holds Foot-binding Exhibition

Footprints of the bound feet [Women of China/ Ye Shan]

 

Beijing Holds Foot-binding Exhibition

A photo of an unbound foot and a bound foot  [Women of China/ Ye Shan]

Chen spent almost two years investigating, interviewing, taking notes and doing research about foot-binding. The resulting exhibition presents the feudal practice as a restriction of human nature and draws parallels between it and the modern practices of cosmetic surgery, such as breast augmentation and more.