Every artist is a mini universe
With the works in my house
I feel like I’m circulating about a dozen universes
I was a complete science student
Majored in nanotechnology in Cambridge
I started collecting contemporary art in 2010
The house sits in the new district of Nanjing, about 250~260㎡
This is a first time as a designer
There is no style, I don’t know about style
With two, three workers, I designed as they constructed
Walls painted white, light-colored wood floor
It’s a bit like an animal den
The first piece of work you see as you enter the house is not a typical art work
You might want to lie down on it
The artist installed a steel bar on a very comfy mattress
It means don’t lie down
On the front is Murakami Takashi’s portrait
On the other side is Kappa in Japanese folklore
With all kinds of images on it
It’s a bit like the tombs of those emperors of our Southern Dynasty
A turtle on top of the Roman column
The sculpture is pure silver, the craft is impeccable
Above the fireplace is Brazilian artist Lucas Aruda
One thing he does every year is painting sea level
He paints 10 of them every year and each one is distinct
The sculpture of Zhang Ruyi, two skyscrapers tied up together face to face
Depicting the repression of city life
The living room needs a powerful work
It has a strong energy field, and sometimes it’s even a little scary at night with light off
Furniture
The small double couch is Brazil artist Sergio Rodriguez
A chair with a metal mirror surface, Zhang Zhoujie’s work
And one work of the Japanese artist Kuramata
An integrated axle work made in the 1980s
It’s a landmark work in the design world
I made my own dining table, desk and chair
Got a three-meter-long Burmese teak from a factory
Cut it into six sections and assembled a chair
The carpenter thought I was messing around
Anish Kapoor’s stainless steel sculpture in the bedroom
You get dizzy when you look very close, even more so in the morning
Liang Huigui made a sculpture with her hangers, lamp and mirror
A friend of mine commented, it’s like medical instrument in ICU
After moving into the house, the study area became my favorite part
Niguchi’s paper lamp is more zen than western sculptures 46 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:27,040 Wang Xingwei’s humorous painting
I waited 5 years before he agreed to sell
My father once collected works of Qi Baishi, Fu Baoshi and Xu Beihong
And now he begins to collect letters from the Republican era, he’s into history
We are very different from our parents
Sometimes it can be difficult to explain to them
Outsiders can hardly understand what I’m doing
Collecting contemporary art is a lonely path
I love the houses of artists
Every piece in his house is infused with his soul
I couldn’t do it in my new house
All I can do is bringing in the works that have been with me a long time
They create a sense of home