PhD student Yiran Chen publishes the article - Coca-Cola in process of materialisation: a new materialist perspective on He Xiangyu’s Cola Project.

Posted on 26 May 2023

History of Art PhD student Yiran Chen, who is close to completing her thesis, has just had an published.

Figure 1. He Xiangyu. A Barrel of Dregs of Coca-Cola, 2009. Detail. Photo courtesy of Museum Associates/LACMA.

The article is a close analysis of the Chinese artist, He Xiangyu's Cola Project (2008–2012), focusing in particular on one of the installation pieces, A Barrel of Dregs of Coca-Cola (2009), which features an earthy, bitumen-like black crystalline residue, created by the artist and a number of workers by boiling down thousands of litres of Coca-Cola for a year.

The full title is of the article is Chen, Yiran. "Coca-Cola in process of materialisation: a new materialist perspective on He Xiangyu’s Cola Project." World Art (2023): 1-24.

The article can be read here.