Lee Mingwei explores impermanence through 'Guernica in Sand'

Lee Mingwei explores impermanence through 'Guernica in Sand'
17 June 2016
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.”
Main image: Lee Mingwei, Guernica in Sand, 2006 and 2015, mixed-media interactive installation, sand, wooden island, lighting, 1300 x 643 cm. Photo by Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei. Image courtesy JUT Museum Pre-Opening Office, Taipei.

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