The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art is currently hosting the massive Phoenix project from Chinese artist Xu Bing. To create the two 100-foot-long Phoenix sculptures at the center of the project, Bing harvested materials from urban Chinese construction sites and sculpted the birds from building materials like steel beams and construction tools. The materials have a human element as well. The artist scoured the construction sites for personal remnants left by actual construction crews. 

Although the two birds (named Feng and Huang) have been installed since December of last year, the opening reception, including a talk with Xu Bing about the last two decades of his work and a screening of Bing's new 17-minute animated work, will be held on April 27.

Tickets for the opening reception are on sale now at MASS MoCa's website.