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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, 11:47 AM | #4 | ||
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09-05-2006, 12:25 PM | #5 |
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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, 12:50 PM | #6 | |
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09-06-2006, 02:28 AM | #7 | |
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09-06-2006, 04:33 AM | #8 |
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Oh. My. God! Disturbing but funny. Metaphor for the human race?
And bugger! Sundaegirl was right. I just caught myself whistling '99 Red Balloons'. Damn the Chinese, so that's their master plan for world domination, not communism but communal whistling of dodgy German tunes! Inscrutable bastards! |
09-05-2006, 10:23 AM | #9 |
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09-05-2006, 10:37 AM | #10 |
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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 | #11 |
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"99 life-sized wolves, made over a period of six months out of sheepskin..."
Wolves in sheep's clothing? |
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09-05-2006, 12:39 PM | #15 |
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Reminds me of a Cabella's store!
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