Introduction

The exhibition takes its title from American poet and artist John Giorno’s 1994 poem of the same name. A Buddhist maxim equating life and death, it evokes a range of metaphors of death and rebirth from ancient Greek to Chinese folk mythology, inspiring contemplation of life and nature.

“Like a diarist, I record the living universe: this season, this day, this hour, this sound in the grass, this crashing wave, this sunset, this end of the day, this silence.”
— Ugo Rondinone

Ugo Rondinone
burn to shine
Fosun Foundation
600 Zhongshan East 2nd Road, Huangpu
200010 Shanghai
November 8, 2023 – January 1, 2024
www.fosunfoundation.com