Li Mu : Quizhuang Project
ed. by Gu Ling, Li Mu ; foreword Charles Esche
- Editor(s)
- Gu Ling, Li Mu
- Publisher, year
- Eindhoven : Onomatopee, 2015
- Scope
- 288 p., illustrated, 19 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789491677465
The project started in 2010, after the Van Abbemuseum had worked with Li Mu in Shanghai for the World Expo. Soon after, the artist proposed organising an exhibition in his home village of Qiuzhuang, using works from the museum’s collection. After quickly rejecting the idea of shipping the physical objects to China, Li Mu set about reproducing the artworks of Sol LeWitt, Dan Flavin, Andy Warhol, John Körmeling, Ulay and Marina Ambramovic (amongst others). He worked together with the villagers for more than a year, painstakingly reconstructing works and placing them in the houses and streets of the village. The resulting film and book document life in the village, the production of the artworks, the reactions of residents, interested visitors and the process by which artworks and people influence each other.
- Location
- Art in Public Space ; Theory
