Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Peasant Da Vinci's


Video installation by Cai Guo-Qiang showing videos of the featured peasants

So many solid exhibitions in town recently! Last weekend, I visited the newly opened RockBund Art Museum for Cai Guo-Qiang's latest exhibition - a curated collection of whimsical machines and robots created by peasants in China, the most notable rural inventor being Wu Yulu.

Aside from showcasing the ambition and ingenuity of China's most under of the underclass, the exhibit is incredibly tactile - a feature more akin to discovery museums vs. fine art exhibitions. Attendees can interact, sit inside, touch and even ride the inventions giving everyone the opportunity to experience in the joy of discovery and curiosity. Very. Lovely.

We weren't allowed to take photographs inside the museum but of course I did anyways.

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