Archaeologist, 280 x 170 cm, Photograph, Wang Qingsong, 2004

"Archaeologist" was shot in a 3 meter and 8 meter big cave where 30 nude models covered with mud. It seems that they are remains from the long time ago. I act as the archaeologist and do the research on the remains to express my reflections on what is real and false in present-day times. For my personal feeling, I think the present-day human beings are dead in mind and soul whose remains need to be reexamined for the reasons for earlier death in this desires-infiltrating society.