{"product_id":"17806-song-dong","title":"Song Dong","description":"\u003cSPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"'\u003e\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003eSquare meters of empty toothpaste tubes and bottles of cleaning solution, pencils, balls of wool, or shoes—all of it in neat rows: \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eWaste not,\u003c\/I\u003e the spectacular installation by Song Dong (*1966) comprising more than ten thousand individual items, traveled around the whole world, inspiriting countless exhibition visitors. The artist’s mother fell into poverty during the Cultural Revolution and compulsively collected everyday objects. The installation arranges everything she accumulated, cataloguing and documenting her life.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003eThis is the first volume to provide insight into all of the series of works by the Conceptual artist in which he deals with issues such as consumption, sustainability, memory, or spirituality. Song Dong arranges old doors and windows from demolished buildings to create new living spaces. In \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eDoing Nothing Garden\u003c\/I\u003e at documenta 12, he transformed a mountain of garbage into an attractive recreation area, or he recreates modern cityscapes out of candy: \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eEating the City\u003c\/I\u003e —unhealthy, but yummy. Taking a bite is allowed!\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US'\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-AUTOSPACE: ; mso-layout-grid-align: none\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style='FONT-FAMILY: \"TheSansOsF Plain\",\"sans-serif\"'\u003eExhibitions: Groninger Museum, Netherlands, 13.6. – 1.11.2015 | Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, 5.12.2015 – 6.3.2016\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003cFONT face=Arial\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003cFONT face=Arial\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874880418056,"sku":"9783775740630","price":20.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775740630_2a30cb18-253e-4673-8515-03a4ec3549cb.jpg?v=1744136320","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17806-song-dong","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}