Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Gu Wenda


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This is a piece by Gu Wenda, "United Nations-babel of the millennium", 1999, Hair, glue, and rope, and it is on view in the entry of the SFMOMA. it is part of the Logan Collection, a gift of Vicki and Kent Logan. Gu Wenda began his fifteen year ongoing global art project in 1993. He has completed 21 total projects and more than one million people have contributed their hair to this art project. The hair is from people of different races to "brace a new racial identity". The characters are from ancient Chinese dialect and the symbols are meant to represent fragmentation of communication caused by language and culture. The use of human hair symbolizes the biological interconnectedness of human kind. The piece is monumental and  will travel throughout 5 continents.

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