Empty Nails: Still in the Process of Being Collected

A collection wall that is still in flux. Eight or nine works of varying sizes are hung on it, spaced about five to eight centimeters apart; but there are two empty spots—nails and faint old hanging marks are left on the wall, slightly lighter in color than the surrounding wall, indicating that something was once hung there and has now been removed or not yet replaced. Two unhung works lean against the floor nearby, one unwrapped, one still in paper. This unfinished state shows that this wall is alive and will continue to change, and collecting is an ongoing process, not a one-time renovation. The wall is plain white. Avoid: depicting the wall as a perfectly finished display, removing nail marks and works leaning on the floor, arranging works in a neat grid, using replicated prints.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面還在變動中的收藏牆。上面掛著八九件大小不一的作品,間距約五到八公分;但其中有兩處是空的——牆上留著釘子與淺淺的舊掛痕,顏色略淺於周圍的牆面,顯示那裡曾經掛過東西,現在被取下或還沒換上。旁邊的地上靠著兩幅還沒掛上去的作品,一幅已經拆封、一幅還包著紙。這種未完成的狀態說明這面牆是活的、會繼續改變的,收藏是一個持續的過程而不是一次完成的裝修。牆面是素白的。避免:把牆面畫成完美完成的展示、移除釘痕與靠在地上的作品、讓作品排成整齊的網格、使用複製印刷品。