Gender: Not Defined 《性别：不详》

Work Title: Gender: Not Defined 2010 Mixed materials 200x300x250cm

Gender: Not Defined explores the invisible burden of female familial guilt and societal expectation through the lens of gender-based abortion in Asia. This work reflects on the deeply rooted cultural preference for sons over daughters—an unspoken yet powerful manifestation of shame and obligation imposed upon women from the moment of conception. Inspired by the UNDP report (2009) that nearly 9.6 million women worldwide die annually due to gender-biased abortion, abandonment, or neglect, the piece highlights how these losses are particularly pronounced in Asian societies such as China and India.

The series presents fetal forms in red, glass cube installations—evoking stages of life where gender is not yet defined but where fate is already dictated by inherited patriarchal ideologies. These transparent boxes symbolise the rigid, invisible social structures that condition women from birth: the filial expectations, the silencing of individual identity, and the painful decisions often made in compliance with collective shame.

In China, gender identification is legally prohibited before birth—a policy that underscores how deeply technology and state control intertwine with familial pressures. Gender: Not Defined questions how a woman’s autonomy is often overwritten by obligations to family, culture, and nation—where daughters are not only expected to carry the honour of the family, but sometimes to forfeit their very right to life. This work serves as a haunting reminder of how systemic gender inequality, masked as tradition or duty, continues to deprive millions of women of visibility, value, and existence.

《性别：不详》综合材料 2010年

      联合国发展署（UNDP)2009年发表报告估计：“亚洲每年约有9600万名女性因遭杀害、堕胎、疏于照顾从这个世界上“消失”，该数字似乎还以绝对值在不断上升。“ 生命的绝对生命权利，来源于对生命尊严的敬畏。《世界伦理宣言》规定四项伦理底线：”不许杀人，不许欺骗，不许奸淫，不许偷盗。“ 然而传统观念依然变相剥夺人们的生命，尤其是女性的生命。

      作品《性别：不详》以胎儿发育过程为载体，以垂直排列及方块拜访两种方式，探讨人与生存空间的关系，生命个体在体制中生存状态的探讨，对生命选择、生命尊严、性别在生命选择过程中的影响等问题的思考。“体制、制度、观念”即像这作品中的玻璃器皿一样，虽然透明看不见，却有着不可逆行的社会“游戏规则”。