WANNA SEE . . . .

Joy of People 

Hayward Gallery. South Bank.  22 February - 13 May 2012

 
Song Dong : Waste Not " The activity of saving and re-using things is in keeping with the Chinese adage wu jin qi yong – ‘waste not’ – a prerequisite for survival during periods of social and political turmoil. . . . . Waste Not speaks of the strong bonds between family members and the power of objects to tell stories and shape our lives."

"Waste Not is also a stark reflection of a single human life on the environment. On the one hand, Zhao Xiang Yuan's clutter adds up to a modest existence but, even still, multiply her footprint by the billions of other people on the earth, many of them far more wasteful, and the work becomes as much a warning as it is a poignant family portrait."

 The Curve. Barbican. 15 February 2012 - 12 June 2012