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I am a Monument Nauhan Li

I AM A MONUMENT originated from Naihan’s recognition of the Chinese desire for giant art installations in their homes. People want to own things that are monumental. This desire traces back to Chinese traditional paintings, which play with the idea of scale from a subjective point of view and minimize the universe. Chinese artists attempt to zoom in to a large part of the world on a small scale.

The I AM A MONUMENT collection shrinks a landmark building 100 times and turns it into a utilitarian furniture piece, allowing collectors to contain something that is extremely large inside a room of their house. Together, I AM A MONUMENT takes landmarks and shrinks them down to something on a more personal scale, allowing for a reimagining of how we look at the world.

Identified from the top:

• CCTV Cabinet (images 01-03)
  
• The Birmingham Library Side Table (image 04)
  
• The Leeds Broadcasting Tower Cabinet  (images 05-06)
  
• The China Steel Corporation Tower Cabinet (images 07-09)
  
• The Edinborough Palm House (image 09)
  
• NY Stock Exchange Shrine (image 10)
  

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