Video: Art on the topic of the day. The world economy from the point of view of the Chinese sculptor Chen Wenling
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Incredible both in plot and in size, this sculpture for some time shocked visitors to the Beijing Joy Art Gallery. Young Chinese sculptor Chen Wenling, known for his shocking works, held there his exhibition "on the topic of the day" dedicated to the crisis of the world economy. The exhibition was called "Emergency Escape" and consisted of several figures, but one was enough for the visitors. The Big Golden Farting Bull - the same sensational work of the master.
The seven-meter hulk, according to the finance magazine AskS.ru, created from fiberglass and painted in gold, really depicts an angry farting bull, taking off under the influence of its own gases, which, in a state of passion, imprints a person into the wall. So much so that the wall cracked.
Farting bull, ask? And this is all for a reason. As we have already said, the sculpture is dedicated to the crisis of the world economy, which is symbolized by the giant bull. And in Chinese slang, "fart" is "cheat" or "bluff." Therefore, this is how people die, crushed by the weight of deception …
The previous exhibition of this sculptor was held at the Asia Art Center gallery, and was called God of Materialism. And like any traditional Chen Wenling exhibition, it consisted of pigs, red men, and all kinds of compositions from these characters.
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