A view of Beili Liu’s installation “Each and Every/Houston,” on view at Asia Society Texas Center within the show “Making Home: Artists and Immigration.”Beili Liu’s solemn and poetic installation “Each and Every/Houston” lingers in the brain well after a visitor has left Asia Society Texas Center. Its massive scale may have something to do with that, but the piece’s elements pose questions with no clear answers.
A master at choosing materials that respond to her installation sites, she had dipped thousands of white feathers in tar as part of an earlier immigration-themed project. She conceived “Each and Every” for a Seattle art space with exposed brick walls, and the mortar between the bricks inspired her use of cement. The result is literally heavy. Importantly, though, the clothes don’t sit on the floor. They appear to hover, caught in a liminal space.
Beili Liu’s installation, “Each and Every/Houston,” is on view at Asia Society Texas Center within the show “Making Home: Artists and Immigration.”Liu also performs a silent meditation with “Each and Every,” using a small table at the front of the room where a pile of used children’s clothing awaits. On June 18, she will be there with a needle and thread, mending the worn clothes.
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