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Object Chat: Traceless Stele

7th June, 2020

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In this object chat, Conghao Tian takes us on a virtual visit to see Song Dong’s Traceless Stele at the Smart Museum of Art.

Conghao Tian is an art history MA student studying Chinese and Asian Art at the University of Chicago.

Song Dong, Water Records, 2010, and Traceless Stele, 2016. Installation view, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, Smart Museum of Art, 2020. — Song Dong, Water Records, 2010, and Traceless Stele, 2016. Installation view, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, Smart Museum of Art, 2020.

Conghao Tian writing on Song Dong's Traceless Stele — Conghao Tian writing on Song Dong's Traceless Stele

Visitors to the Smart Museum use water and brushes to write on Song Dong's Traceless Stele. — Visitors to the Smart Museum use water and brushes to write on Song Dong's Traceless Stele.

Visitors to the Smart Museum use water and brushes to write on Song Dong's Traceless Stele. — Visitors to the Smart Museum use water and brushes to write on Song Dong's Traceless Stele.

On March 1, 2020, Conghao Tian copied, from memory, An Ode to the Prosperous Great Tang Dynasty upon Song Dong’s Traceless Stele. Photo by Noah Hannah. — On March 1, 2020, Conghao Tian copied, from memory, An Ode to the Prosperous Great Tang Dynasty upon Song Dong’s Traceless Stele. Photo by Noah Hanna.

Visitors to the Smart Museum use water and brushes to write on Song Dong's Traceless Stele. — Visitors to the Smart Museum use water and brushes to write on Song Dong's Traceless Stele.