All and Nothing review – inspiring tale of the Chinese artist who cultivated a grassroots scene in Cumbria

In 1972, Li Yuan-chian set up the LYC Museum in a ramshackle farmhouse – and this inventive documentary provides a fitting, if sparse, tribute to his legacy When it comes to a documentary relaying the obligatory biography bits, doing it through the medium of abstract art is fitting for Chinese artist Li Yuan-chia, who set up the LYC Museum and Art Gallery in Brampton, Cumbria in 1972. At one point, a friend of Li’s leafs through a book of embossed designs on white card that, as dots and lines...

By Phil Hoad