Her Tears Flowed

Today we have a new one from Beijing. I'm happy to say the art movement is alive and well in Beijing! There are still issues here and there, to be sure. For example, I heard that there was one artist in particular who had his studio torched by the government in Shanghai. That really sucks! But, despite that nonsense, there are still plenty of areas of artistic expression. It's not as wide-open as the west, but it's better than ever (and only going in one direction).

One afternoon in Beijing, I went to a huge artistic area, much like SoHo. It's called the 798 Art Zone. 50 years ago, it was a huge military factory, but it's been converted to about a hundred funky art studios, galleries, quirky restaurants, and more. Very cool! Inside one of the larger exhibition halls, I found this interesting piece. Water worked its way up through tubes and would slowly leak out of the eyes of the statues.