Imprisonment & Power by Sui Jianguo - Central Area
Sunday, 25 December 2011Item details
Urban area:
Central Area, Central Region
Offer type:
For Free
Item description
Sui Jianguo¸ Professor and Chairman of the Department of Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, is one of the most important and influential artists working in China today and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his work including most recently the 2011 Martell Artist of the Year award. Exhibiting extensively in many countries, he is considered by many to be within the top ten Contemporary artists in China today.
This exhibition “Restrained Power” Is a darkened room stands a hulking steel structure, a 2.5 metre high, 2.5 metre wide and 15 metre long sealed box. From within the structure escapes the crashing sound of steel-on-steel collisions that send reverberations through the floor. Looking through one of the two viewing ports in the structure, the viewer catches fleeting glimpses of the huge steel ball rolling about within. However, given the obscured view and erratic movement of the ball, it is almost impossible to predict the next collision.
This exhibition “Restrained Power” Is a darkened room stands a hulking steel structure, a 2.5 metre high, 2.5 metre wide and 15 metre long sealed box. From within the structure escapes the crashing sound of steel-on-steel collisions that send reverberations through the floor. Looking through one of the two viewing ports in the structure, the viewer catches fleeting glimpses of the huge steel ball rolling about within. However, given the obscured view and erratic movement of the ball, it is almost impossible to predict the next collision.