DIANA SHUIU WONG
Diana Wong’s Iconic Labyrinth Installation Finds a New Home in China
Originally commissioned in 2011, Diana Wong’s Labyrinth of the Nine Palaces — a striking rooftop installation of glass and steel inspired by the I-Ching — is being relocated from its longtime home at the Shang-Yuen Art Museum and Artist Community in Beijing to a new site this month.
The intricate move marks a new chapter for the internationally acclaimed artist, whose work has been exhibited in museums and cultural institutions across the U.S., China, Japan, France, Italy, Mexico, and Taiwan. New video footage captures the detailed relocation process and offers fresh insight into the enduring impact of Wong’s transcendent work.
Labyrinth Art Relocation...
Diana was recently awarded a public art commission by the Los Angeles Metro for the Silver Line Rosecrans Station.
“We have arrived at a point in time where human evolution has brought about a more full understanding of nature, and the ability to see the whole of the natural world, and our planet, as interrelated. But even as the agents of life’s most advanced accomplishment, we pursue a destructive path and threaten the very resources we need to survive. Will nature take a step backwards and overcome us? Or is there more that we have yet to see that will increase our chances of survival, and to thrive?
Public Art Award
A Film Inspired by a Painting
“We have arrived at a point in time where human evolution has brought about a more full understanding of nature, and the ability to see the whole of the natural world, and our planet, as interrelated. But even as the agents of life’s most advanced accomplishment, we pursue a destructive path and threaten the very resources we need to survive. Will nature take a step backwards and overcome us? Or is there more that we have yet to see that will increase our chances of survival, and to thrive?
All Seasons Become One explores these questions through the vision of artist Diana Wong. We observe the artist’s movements as she paints the four seasons. In the theater of the natural world, a vast wilderness, her alter ego roams the dunes of inspiration. She has doubts that humans really do see enough of the total world to make its gloomy predictions – global warming, the end of the world. It seems to the artist in the studio an incomplete view, a conceit to assume that humans can overcome nature. In the desert her wandering spirit shows her we have a long way to go before we can see the whole, let alone make predictions about it.”