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MUSEUM
MUSEUM
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Museum”
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page presents a close-reading essay on “Museum” in two forms: a reading edition and a graphic edition.
The essay examines the relationship between beauty and violence in the museum, asking what happens to living things when art selects, arranges and preserves them.
ESSAY
ESSAY
