Artist Statement by Manuel Mathieu

Longlati Writing Program, Programs

On the whole show: there are 2 categories of works in the show, those collected by Longlati before and those made for the show.

For the works made for the show, I was influenced by the concept of traveling, of sea and sky, of navigating on a boat. So, there are works referring to horizon like Milles Horizon. The Portrait on the Surface tries to imagine faces seen below the surface of the water. Les Immortels is a reference to the Ship of Fools (cf. Pu Yingwei’s images). The work The Swells Within refer to the waves. In this case it is a person who has waves inside.

Longlati Reading Workshop#3 | The Material Landscapes Along the Silk Road

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Longlati Reading Workshop#3：The Material Landscapes Along the Silk Road   Longlati Foundation invites four members of the Writer Collecting Committee to propose a Long Read session every quarter, generating multi-dimensional narratives around the foundation’s collections and exhibition projects. In response to Manuel Mathieu’s recent solo exhibition “Silk Road Traveler, Lethe’s Wanderer,” Li Suchao initiates the…

Longlati Reading Workshop#3 | The Material Landscapes Along the Silk Road

Longlati Reading Workshop, Programs

Longlati Foundation invites four members of the Writer Collecting Committee to propose a Long Read session every quarter, generating multi-dimensional narratives around the foundation’s collections and exhibition projects. In response to Manuel Mathieu’s recent solo exhibition “Silk Road Traveler, Lethe’s Wanderer,” Li Suchao initiates the autumn Long Read session titled “Patchy Climate: Material Landscapes Along the Silk Road,” inviting Weng Jia to co-lead the discussion on the female body experience and exploring the unique position of pain in feminist narratives.