Suquin Ou
Art Radar Journal
First published on 19 June 2016
Art Radar Journal
First published on 19 June 2016
Lee Mingwei explores impermanence through 'Guernica in Sand'
Guernica in Sand is a recreation of Picasso’s famous painting Guernica (1937) through the medium of sand. The public is then invited to engage with the work by walking on it, in a painstaking performance that Lee says is “about transformation”:
"I’m going to finish the last part of the sand painting, while one person from the audience can walk onto the sand painting, and you can just imagine the tension between these two people while everybody watches."