2014，“A flame is ignited from a fire disaster, a specialist cultivates the fire eternally and prevent it from being extinguished，it will still keep burning in the world after thousands of years.”
On 12 August 2015, I drove alone from Beijing starting a journey of 17000 kilometers to transport the flame that was ignited from the initial fire to Paris. The trip lasted for a whole month. In September 2015, this work was presented in New Galerie in Paris.
During the exhibition period, the car is parked at the front of the gallery, enabling the audience to see the flame through the window glass.
Along the way, I sometimes picked up small stones and draw graffiti, notes related to the journey and some images.
In Poland, people traced a few drawings with their fingers in the dust covering its surface. I outlined these graffiti using a knife.
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video 180+hours footage
2015
2015
The content of which is recorded by the driving recorder all the distance from Beijing to Paris.
I picked up stones on the road and carved them into simple small sculptures. Then I threw them back in the forests and grasslands on the side of the road. In many years, they might be discovered again, therefore now is civilization.
Exhibition rooms merely display the records of the works, and not the actual works themselves, which will stay forever in their current places. Collectors can collect the sculpture together with a certificate of authenticity but will never be able to get the works.
Now is civilization lamp
Stone 21x15x12cm
2015
2015
Now is civilization sheep
Stone 16x10x6cm
2015
Now is civilization car
Stone 14x7x6cm
2015
2015
Now is civilization woman Portrait
Stone 11x8x7cm
2015
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paper 444x44cm 2015
While driving while drawing.
Long live the great unity of the people of the world
Photo 100X65cm
2015
There was a tourist group at the Yekaterinburg Eurasian line, I pretended to be one of them and gave the guide my camera to take a group photo. When other
people go back they won’t be able to find this picture: a precious shot.
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Metal lacquer 42x19x3cm
2015
On the highway, I inadvertently hit the road fence, which left a color trace on the surface of the car. I cut down this part of the car body.