Crow Spring

LU Lei
155 x 165 x 290 cm
Installation | Casting aluminum sculpture, terrazzo panel, iron base, used engine oil, compressor, circulating oil pump, transformer
2015

This is a garden I designed for the fairy tale ‘The Wise Crow’, which is composed of terrazzo and cast aluminum sculptures. The fountain at the end, where the crow roosts, resembles a heart incessantly gushing black engine oil from the arteries. The image of crow is implied in the garden gate’s pattern, echoing the fountain and suggesting its territory.