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Song Dong's Waste Not at the Barbican – in pictures

Song Dong installation: Carrier bags and empty plastic bottles
Song Dong's Waste Not installation in the Curve at the Barbican Art Gallery, London Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Song Dong installation: Chairs, tools and plant pots in the installation
The installation includes chairs, tools and plant pots Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Song Dong installation: Several portable televisions in the installation
… and several portable televisions Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Song Dong installation: A woman examines objects in the installation
The installation is a meditation on the artist's childhood during the Cultural Revolution Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Soon Dong installation: Empty tubes of toothpaste in the installation
The art of saving and re-using things is in line with the Chinese principle of wu jin qi yong – 'waste not' Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Song Dong installation: Boxes, packaging materials and toys
It is a prerequisite for survival during periods of social and political turmoil Photograph: Tony Kyriacou/Rex Features
Song Dong installation: Members of the public look at some of over 10,000 everyday objects
Song Dong's mother Zhao Xiangyuan collected the objects over a period of five decades Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Soon Dong installation: Kitchen utensils in the installation
She died in an accident in 2009 Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Soon Dong installation: Pairs of shoes and folded clothes
Each time Song Dong remakes the exhibition, with the help of his sister Song Hui and his wife Yin Xiuzhen, the entire family is brought together again Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
Song Dong installation: Chinese artist Song Dong stands in his installation entitled Waste Not
Memories are rekindled and personal family objects are rediscovered, bringing powerful emotions to the fore Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
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