Saturday, January 9, 2010
Multilingual Monkeys
Sackler Gallery, National Mall, Fall 2009. This hanging sculpture entitled "Monkeys Grasping for the Moon" (by Chinese artist Xu Bing) is one of my favorites; the word for "monkey" in various languages/scripts form a linked chain hanging from the ceiling.
Below, another view of the sculpture (lower in the building):
Read more about this sculpture on this page of the Sackler website or read the story that inspired the artwork.
Labels:
art,
calligraphy,
chinese,
freer,
multilingual,
museum,
national mall,
sackler
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Sculptures of monkeys are all over my house, since my mother loves to hang them. Xu Bing is a great artist, I think almost nobody knows him.
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