Old Person Home

Artists: Sun Yuan and Peng Ty
OLD PERSON HOME 2007
13 life size sculptures and 13 dynamoelectric wheelchairs
The Saatchi Gallery

When I first saw just heads of mobile old people on wheelchairs from the corridor, I thought wow it's such a good programme that takes old people to see contemporary art at the Saatchi Gallery.
Moving a bit closer, I got more suspicious. Why nothing else in the room but these old crowds on the wheelchairs.
I was amazed and really love the way it is displayed in an open space where you can walk close to the them, obstruct their wheelchairs, take a closer look till you see that they are all sculptures made with very interesting details (i really love the ear wax in the ears of one sculpture. it's what an old person usually has!)...... it's incredibly well-made, full with details.
Look very much like real people.
Most of them are dressed in military uniforms and have something in hands that reminds them of the past, the war the went.
In the last bit of your life, it's you and your past that live together, probably because the future for old people comes too quickly and too scary to look forward to? Not a type of countdown that you would enjoy looking forward to like other countdowns. Reminiscent of the past can probably make you feel it's not too scared to live.
Love love love the work and this exhibition.