This will take up serious storage space. It’s an “immersive” labyrinth of 100 Chinese doors assembled by Beijing avant-garde artist SONG DONG (b.1966) – originally for the Venice Biennale – and now in the permanent collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario.
The armoire doors were rescued from within the Beijing hutongs, a vast network of laneway housing now either being demolished or gentrified, in a capital city that’s been expanding and rebuilding at breakneck speed. ‘The Wisdom of the Poor’ addresses the role of traditional architecture in today’s changing urban environment.
<PHOTO – Song Dong, Pace Gallery>
Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas Street West, http://www.ago.net
Toronto Savvy 
Very disappointing. Liu Wei’s build environments are more successful/interesting.