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Object chat: Should We Construct Another Cathedral?

16th September, 2020

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In this object chat, Seth Nguyen takes us on a virtual visit to experience Huang Yong Ping’s Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?) at the Smart Museum of Art.

Seth Nguyen is a third-year Art History major at the University of Chicago.

Huang Yong Ping, Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?), 1991. — Huang Yong Ping, Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?), 1991

Huang Yong Ping, detail of Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?), 1991 — Huang Yong Ping, detail of Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?), 1991

Huang Yong Ping, detail of Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?), 1991 — Huang Yong Ping, detail of Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?), 1991

Huang Yong Ping, Devons-nous encore construire une grande cathédrale? (Should We Construct Another Cathedral?), 1991. Installation view, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, Smart Museum of Art.