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Building art for SZ
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Wu Yan
FRENCH artist Patrick Poirier leafed through copies of ancient Chinese calligraphers' work at the He Xiangning Art Gallery. He wanted to find the right characters to use on his sculpture at the Ecology Square in the Overseas Chinese Town (OCT). The characters he chose meant history, memory, oblivion and future.
Poirier, who is among six French artists who will participate in the creation of works for another year long exhibition of sculptures at OCT, is an archeologist and architect. The French and Chinese artists will build 15 works at the Ecology Square for this exhibition.
I found talking to Poirier somewhat a hard thing. When asked if he could talk in a logical way, he answered: "No, I'm not logical." He talked about the fragility of life. He talked about the fact that art is the only way for him to be free, and he talked about artistic experimentation.
He said that archeology is like a memory from which he gets his inspiration. "Yes, my work here will also be about memory. It belongs to this area. All the stone that I'll use for the sculpture will be from Shenzhen," Poirier said.
His sculpture of rocks will be framed to look like a painting on a canvas. Part of it is an arrow from the sky, its head having pieced into the rock. Asked what the arrow is about, he said it is related to fragility. "You never know what will happen tomorrow," he said. He then told me about his experience of being in a peaceful Cambodia one day and then two days later a war comes out of the blue. We talked about how he lost his father when he was two because of a German bomb that fell from the sky.
Poirier wanted to find some modern examples of the Chinese calligraphy of the character meaning future, so he could use it for his sculpture. Unfortunately, he was told that Chinese calligraphy has never modernized very much over the last two thousand years. So, when I left him, he was still unclear what he will do about that.
Poirier wanted to find some modern examples of the Chinese calligraphy of the character meaning future, so he could use it for his sculpture. Unfortunately, he was told that Chinese calligraphy has never modernized very much over the last two thousand years. So, when I left him, he was still unclear what he will do about that.
Poirier wanted to find some modern examples of the Chinese calligraphy of the character meaning future, so he could use it for his sculpture. Unfortunately, he was told that Chinese calligraphy has never modernized very much over the last two thousand years. So, when I left him, he was still unclear what he will do about that.
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