China Dragon installed along a stone corridor

China Dragon — Corridor Installation

A corridor that needed to be a destination in itself.

Client
Private cultural venue
Location
China
Type
Site-specific painting installation
Year
Ongoing since 2012
Status
Installation

Brief

A corridor that needed to be a destination in itself.

Cultural / personal source

The Yangtze; China's intangible cultural heritage register.

Creative direction

A single body — the river as dragon — over a ground of 1,800 heritage cells, read while walking.

Works & objects

China Dragon, oil on canvas, 12.8 × 2.6 m.

Material & making

Stitched canvas panels; stone corridor with concealed linear lighting.

Technical challenge

Reading distance: the work is seen at 1.5 m in a corridor, so the cells were painted to be legible at that range while the dragon reads from either end.

Delivery / installation

Installed on site by the atelier.

Result

The atelier's reference for corridor and lobby-scale painting.

Lu Renjie in front of China Dragon with figures in the foreground

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