Atelier Van Lieshout

A Confrontation of Ideals’, Anren Biennale, Anren (CN)

Exhibition

12 October 2019 – 12 February 2020

Atelier Van Lieshout exhibits The Mechanical Turks (2015) at the Anren Biennale, China. The Biennial entitled, A Confrontation of Ideals is the second to take place in the historic city of Chengdu in Sichuan province, examining questions concerning humane, civilized community while sharing artists’ thoughts and efforts to deal with the complex realities of the world. The two automaton heads in The Mechanical Turks argue with one another in an accompanying audio work about whether to become Modernists or Primitivists. 

Anren Biennale
Anren Szechuan, Chengdu, China