At first sight this former beer-crate doesn’t express that much. But for me this crate contains memories that go back to my earliest childhood. My mother changed this beer crate some 40 years ago into a box of blocks on wheels. I remember the coloured wooden blocks she made out of building-material remained from the renovation of…
Dag: 5 november 2014
'Yiwu Survey' by Liu Jianhua
‘Yiwu Survey’ made by the Chinese artist Liu Jianhua in 2004. It represents the huge amount of cheap stuff produced in the Provence Yiwu. This work is intended to present the social phenomena of China, regarding the problems of labour and mass-produced commodities. It welcomes audience to ponder over the socio-economic issues and attempts to bring further explorations. Excerpted…