《物尽其用》是艺术家宋冬和他的母亲赵湘源共同完成的一组装置艺术作品,也是美术史家巫鸿编著新书的标题。两者之间紧密的关系是不言而喻的:巫鸿用文字和图片为无缘现场观看作品的人们提供了一个大略而不失精要的想象渠道。半个世纪以来中国人日常生活的缩影 “Make the best use of it” is a set of installation works by artist Song Dong and his mother Zhao Xiangyuan. It is also the title of a book edited by Wu Hung, an art historian. The close relationship between the two is self-evident: Wu Hung uses words and pictures as a rough, yet elegant, source of imagination for those who miss out on the show. Half a century since the microcosm of Chinese daily life