Al Mureijah Art Spaces 1
Part 1 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.
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Venue: Bait Hassan Mukhtar
Come to where the flavors are. 2015
Copper, gold leaf on cardboard
An installation based on two ongoing bodies of work that involve circuits of commerce, consumption and other more abstract forms of transmission.
We The People (2010– ) is a full-scale reproduction of the Statue of Liberty fabricated near Shanghai by repeating the original technique of pounded copper repoussé. Taking a practical approach to the work, the artist keeps the statue unassembled in sections that fit into shipping containers, allowing for tailored presentations of the more than two hundred fifty pieces. For SB12, Vo assembles the thirteen parts that comprise the statue’s’armpit', which towers nine metres high.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB12 Guidebook
Part 1 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.