Liang Shuo’s Temple of Candour
“Temple of Candour” at Beijing Commune is Liang Shuo’s latest attempt at a conceptual treatment of an exhibition space. In Six Records of a Floating Life,Shen Fu, a writer from the Qing dynasty, gave an account of adilapidated monastery named wuyin chanyuan(无隐禅院, which translates to “Temple of Candour”). Here, Liang Shuo restores its spatial allure based on the writer’s description. Throughout the exhibition space, the artist presents to the public an improvised, site-specific, and experiential happening.
