"Wang Lijun: Fill" is an artistic project where Wang Lijun employs unconventional "sculpture creation" to invite public participation in exploring multi-layered experiences between self and others, as well as human-space relationships. Starting with a sculpture class titled "No Carving, No Sculpting," he guides participants to transcend traditional sculptural boundaries. Here, every participant becomes a co-creator rather than an outsider to art. This "poly-determined" creative process not only breaks down barriers between artists and audiences but also transforms the artwork itself into an open-ended, ever-evolving organism.
"Fill" serves as both an open-ended proposition and an artistic experiment without predetermined conclusions. Over the two-month exhibition period, it attracted over 400 participants and nearly 10,000 visitors. The collective effort culminated in a monumental sculpture measuring 7.4 meters in length, 3.5 meters in width, and 2.6 meters in height, utilizing 336 wooden battens. Through individual naming of each component by participants, the artwork's meaning flows dynamically between creators and viewers, continuously reshaping its significance through human interactions.
