Video: Tumbler sculptures by Ai Weiwei and Eric So
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
It turns out that tumblers are not only in Russian culture, but also in Chinese. As proof of this - the new work of the artist Ai Weiweico-created with Eric So … Aibudao is tumblerwhich is at the same time self-portrait Chinese art dissident.
Ai Weiwei, a classic of modern Chinese art, knows how to laugh at himself, his problems and physical form. For example, a few months ago he shot a video parody for the video Gangnam Style, in which he played up his recent imprisonment, and now, together with Eric Sow, he has created a series of sculptures-tumblers Aibudao, which is his exaggerated self-portrait.
The name Aibudao is translated from Chinese as “unattractive”. Thus, Ai Weiwei makes fun of the completely non-athletic shape of his body, as well as not very beautiful and regular facial features. Only a truly happy and confident person can do this.
Moreover, all the facial features and features of the body of Ai Weiwei in the sculptures from the Aibudao series are maximally exaggerated. The result is a cute, very cute fat man.
At the same time, the shape of the tumbler was not chosen by chance. Erik Sow, Hong Kong-based toy maker and co-author of Aya Weiwei on the Aibudao series, comments on the main idea of these works by striving to show that there can be no hesitation and deviation from the course aimed at achieving freedom and democracy in the world, including in China. This is an evolutionary process that cannot be stopped.
Sculptures from the Aibudao series are now on display at the Singapore Museum of Art and Design.
Recommended:
What subtext hide the strangest sculptures in the world: the two-faced statue of Mephistopheles and Margarita, the shadow of King Arthur and others
People of art will never cease to amaze and inspire us with their unique works. This is how they express their attitude to the world around them. Some exhibits have come down to us since ancient times and have not lost their originality at all, and some created by our contemporaries also captivate and delight to the core. Our publication presents some of the most amazing sculptures of our time and past centuries
Topographic food sculptures. Food topographic sculptures art project by Stephanie Herr
The inspiration of the German artist Stephanie Herr lies in the work of the compilers of topographic maps, in their volumetric creations, which can be called almost-sculptures, specific bas-reliefs. They need not only to be viewed, but to be able to understand and read, as one reads comics or stories written with pictures. Having studied the technique of creating relief sculptures, the artist willingly applies it in her own work, as can be seen by looking at the works from the Food topographic sculp series
People and light, life and death in sculptures by Bernardi Roig
From a distance, sculptures by the Spanish author Bernardi Roig can be mistaken for ordinary, living people. Although, why ordinary people - ordinary people would not get into such situations in which these are: stuck between two columns and burying their noses in a lamp, loaded with a whole bundle of long lamps-logs, standing on the stairs near all the same lamps … This is and there is a visiting card of Bernardi Roig's sculptural works: people and light, man and fire
Flickr and Twitter user maps. Eric Fisher's photo panoramas
Many readers of Kulturologiya.Ru have seen bright night maps of the world, but which cities and villages stand out with colored spots. A mind-blowing sight. Now imagine that every person is lit up - what will be the planet then? Epic panoramas by Eric Fischer, who maps Flickr and Twitter users around the world, give a rough idea of this
Rudolf Nureyev and Eric Brun: the strangeness of love against the background of ballet steps
Sometimes love takes on very unexpected forms and can radically change the lives of people whose hearts have been hit by the arrows of Cupid. This is exactly what happened with the ballet dancers, who were connected not only with creativity, but also with passionate feelings. Dance geniuses, they took from life what they wanted: pleasure, money, fame and admiration. But with personal happiness, everything was much more complicated