(Chinese version only)
25-9-2025
The editor mainly discusses Li Yong Xiang’s Rust exhibition, which reinterprets colonial-era religious murals through contemporary painting-sculpture hybrids and immersive sound installations. By transforming the gallery into a pseudo-sacred space with stained-glass effects and Georgian polyphonic soundscapes, Li critiques historical narratives and art’s political roles. The analysis highlights how Li deconstructs Orthodox imagery and employs ‘quotation’ to question memory’s reliability, particularly through his reworking of Mikhail Nesterov’s controversial murals. The show balances refined aesthetics with raw materiality, reflecting Georgia’s cultural duality while exposing history’s artificial construction. Ultimately, it presents a sophisticated meditation on how both art and collective memory are curated fictions.
