DSL Collection

In 1995, Wu Shanzhuan and Inga Svala Thorsdottir were invited to participate in 'From the Middle Realm: Avant-garde Chinese Artists' at the Centre d' Art Santa Monica in Barcelona. They exhibited a variant of Showing China from its Best Sides - Made in China. They had established contact with factories in China, who were then cited as 'co-workers' in the exhibition catalogue. Posters and photos showed their advertising activities. Further photos showed to what extent the advertising of products had conquered famous Chinese buildings. The negotiations with down as the Sentence Collection, it voiced the new mentality of the business world, with part funny, part sober and part absurd stories. In their mimicry of advertisements, the artists set atone that meant some visitors weren't sure if they were dealing with an advertising event or a clownesque-serious art piece. That, however, was exactly what the artists were aiming for: to further pursue and question actual and pro?spective events, in the guise of an artistic camouflage. That is why Showing China from its Best Sides was underlined with Taste the Sweet of Communism, where tempting Chinese sweets were offered to the visitors."
Asian Art Archive