WUNRN
Foot Binding - Background:
Women of China
By Ye Shan - Editor: Zhu Yanhong
CHINA - FOOT BINDING OF WOMEN &
GIRLS - HISTORICAL CUSTOM EXHIBITION - BEIJING
Poster of
the Exhibition & Elderly Women with Bound Feet [Women of |
The 'Foot-binding Chen Xiaoxuan Comprehensive Art Works Exhibition'
organized by the
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.
Footprints
of the bound feet [Women of |
A photo of an unbound foot and a bound foot
[Women of |
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.