Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche will host Chinese conceptual artist Song Dong as the headlining talent for its upcoming art exhibition ‘Objets Divers et Variés,’ opening 10^th January. The show will center on themes of memory, consumption and everyday objects, and is asking customers to contribute. The artist is a leading figure in the Chinese contemporary scene, known for using reclaimed materials and intimate personal artifacts to reflect on urban change, familial memory, and socio-cultural transformation. His 2009 solo show, ‘Projects 90: Song Dong,’ at the Museum of Modern Art in New York featured ‘Waste Not,’ an installation composed entirely of more than 10,000 pieces from his late mother’s lifelong collection of household items, including bottle caps, shoes, blankets, toothpaste tubes, metal pots and toys, seen as a meditation on post-Mao frugality that gained critical praise.

At Le Bon Marché, Song will transform the store’s display cases into a participatory installation featuring personal objects submitted by both customers and staff. Submissions will be curated by the artist, each selected piece serving as a micro-narrative within the broader theme of collective memory. Customers are invited to submit their meaningful, personal objects purchased at Le Bon Marché by sending a photo, dimensions and a short story about the significance of the object. Entry details will be available via a QR code available in the store. Song will make his selections mid-December, for the opening in January. The artist will curate the objects, and two large-scale installations will anchor the exhibition beneath the store’s central glass roofs. A third immersive piece will take over the 2^nd Fl. The exhibit will run through 22^nd February.