This photograph entitled Debacle was created by Wang Qingsong in 2009. His thoughts for this piece were centered around humankind produce merchandise. He questioned whether "the world is what we make or we are what the world makes." For this piece he decided to collect as many advertisements as he could. Then, he reproduced the ads into hand writing which produced 3,000 pieces of paper. He then glued all the papers to asbestos tile. After waiting several days, he scratched off the layers of ads, which produced this worn looking piece. He liked the way it looked like an abstract painting when all of it was put together. He says "This process of production and destruction is like a game of building blocks. We like to build up something new and then we must destroy it for a brand-new style again. What a dilemma!"
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