Faurschou Beijing's latest exhibition is small in scale but large in scope. A joint exhibition of works from Ai Wei Wei and Liu Wei, all pieces from the Faurschou Foundation Collection, the show displays key works from both artists.

A testament against the old adage that bigger is better, this small scale exhibit features a selection of heavy-hitting pieces which stick with you well after you leave the gallery. Ai Wei Wei's Map of China, a solid stack of iron wood planks cut in the shape of a map of China, sits at the entrance to the exhibit. He culled the wood from dismantled Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) temples, an act indicative of the artist's habit of using antique materials from the Ming and Qing dynasties, window and door frames from traditional houses, freshwater pearls and other such things, and creating something new. By incorporating these old objects into a modern context, he highlights the loss of culture while melding the past and present together. The exhibit also contains a portion of his provocative installation at the Tate Modern, Sunflower Seeds, a pile of handmade porcelain seeds inside a ringed-off section of the gallery. At the Tate, he spread over 100 million of them on the floor, each made in China's porcelain capital of Jingdezhen. If you think 100 million is an unimaginable number, consider that it is just one tenth of the country's total population.

Across one wall of the gallery space, Ai Wei Wei has written names, birthdates and sexes of students who died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, collected by a team of volunteers. The aim of the open-ended project is to put a name to every number of the total figure officially released.

Liu Wei's Don't Touch is a recreation of the Potala Palace hung from the ceiling, made from stitched-together oxhide. This piece is the latest in his series of works that use oxhide, the same material used in dog chew-toys, to recreate major global locations. The exhibit is both challenging and thought-provoking. We're looking forward to seeing more of the Faurschou Collection in the future.

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What: Faurschou Foundation Beijing: Works from the Collection

Where: Faurschou Beijing

When: through Feb. 26