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09-05-2006, 09:26 AM | #1 | |
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September 5, 2006: 99 wolves crash into glass
From the "cool art" dep't: It's 99 life-sized wolves, made over a period of six months out of sheepskin, straw, and other such materials. They crash into a thick pane of glass and tumble in confusion onto the floor. The lead animals are the ones crashing, but clearly the pack is headed for the smackdown as well. It's called "Head On", one part of a three-part installation by Chinese contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, made as a commissioned piece for the Deutsche Bank Collection in Berlin. From the press release: Quote:
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09-05-2006, 09:40 AM | #2 |
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Only a chinese artist...
Cool idea, though, I guess..
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09-05-2006, 10:11 AM | #3 |
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Woah! That's incredibly realistic. Why the hell did they need 99 wolves though... they could have done just as well with thirty or forty.
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09-05-2006, 10:23 AM | #4 |
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One for each bottle of beer on the wall.
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09-05-2006, 10:37 AM | #5 |
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Oh so do we keep cutting them down and eating them?
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09-05-2006, 10:44 AM | #6 |
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"99 life-sized wolves, made over a period of six months out of sheepskin..."
Wolves in sheep's clothing? |
09-05-2006, 10:46 AM | #7 | |
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09-05-2006, 10:50 AM | #8 | |
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09-05-2006, 11:47 AM | #9 | ||
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99 life sized wolves floating in the summer sky etc Quote:
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09-05-2006, 12:25 PM | #10 |
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I like this display a lot. I don't really understnad what it's supposed to mean, but I like it still. I really like it that the wolves are made from sheep. I don't know if the artist meant it to be funny, but it is.
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09-05-2006, 12:39 PM | #11 |
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Reminds me of a Cabella's store!
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09-05-2006, 12:50 PM | #12 | |
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09-05-2006, 02:00 PM | #13 |
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Very dramatic, lots of movement and energy.
Could it be a metaphor for the anticipated influx of Eastern Europeans into Western Europe with the glass representing the economic divide? I'm sure the Berlin wall was an influence, what with it's location and all. |
09-05-2006, 04:41 PM | #14 |
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Hate it.
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09-05-2006, 04:48 PM | #15 |
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