People desire light under the endless dark when COVID-19 is raging. Wu Jing's work "Yearn for Light" expresses one beam of light broken into the deep and tranquil space. The light is full of beautiful meaning, although it is indeterminate. This glare is a hoping light, a divine light, a living light that represents people long for the bright coming.
The transparent plastic threads were used in folk handicraft knitting in China; it is gradually abandoned in environmentalism today due to traditional and non-green material characteristics. However, it can express the characteristics of light and has malleability and plasticity. Wu Jing knotted different color threads, organized them in dense or dispersion by sewing, and formed a subtle color change. The color layers are very distinct and prominent in the background of black cloth and show the power of light in the deep universe.
The artist used waste material in the creation and explored material properties in an aesthetic view. That gives the second vitality and expressiveness to material, expands the art material scope, and reduces the nature pressure, one of the mainstream trends advocated by contemporary material art.