A Dutch Landscape 11
The gallery is in a neighborhood of printers, typographers and calligraphers. In old photographs I found their processions: people walking through the streets with banners, each banner a Chinese character. The procession was a text that moved.
I took a drawing of a Dutch landscape and turned each line into a wooden banner. 31 lines, 31 banners.
The idea was to carry them through the streets and make new drawings while walking.
Then the pandemic came, and there were no processions.
The pieces were made in China. Before they were sent to the gallery, the workers sent me photographs for my approval. In one of them, two men hold line number 3 on a path between pine trees.
That was the only procession.
Solo show at IS A GALLERY, Shanghai, China. 15 March – 15 April 2021.
Curated by Zhongkai Li. Photos: Andong Zheng.
