“Ridge of Sand and Bone” is a public sculpture conceived for the Taklamakan Desert, composed of two intertwined installations — a monumental spine and a field of scattered metallic bone fragments. The arched vertebrae rise from the dunes like the exposed backbone of an ancient desert creature, embodying resilience, continuity, and the deep time of life. In contrast, the dispersed bone-shards shimmer across the sand as if reorganized by wind, erosion, and memory itself, suggesting cycles of disintegration and rebirth. Together, the two sculptures imagine the desert as a living organism with its own anatomy and soul — a landscape that breathes, remembers, and transforms. By walking through the work, viewers encounter a choreography of structure and ruin, presence and trace, experiencing how life and land merge into one evolving, luminous body.
Created by LYCHEN(YUCHENLI), 2023
Beijing, China
Beijing, China
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