Works in the Exhibition

Huang Yong Ping, <span class="wac_title">Trousers with Firecrackers</span>
Trousers with Firecrackers
1987
trousers, firecrackers, cardboard, black-and-white photograph
31 1/2 x 41 x 2 in. (80 x 104.1 x 5.1 cm) overall


Blog

Watch your back, Betty.
Paul Schmelzer
Fri, 02 Dec 2005

Visitors to House of Oracles over the next few days will notice unusual behavior from the blood red-legged tarantula–dubbed Betty by our gallery monitors–in Huang Yong Ping’s installation The Wise Man Learns from the Spider How to Spin a Web (she’s enclosed in the cage above the table in this photo): the spider has flipped [...] read more »


Huang Yong Ping


Writings

Huang Yong Ping, <span class="wac_title">Wheel</span>
Change Is the Rule
Hou Hanru
2005

Huang Yong Ping’s art is an entire ontology in itself. It’s a universe unto itself, and like the universe itself, it’s a complex system generated out of paradox and perplexity, which endow it with ultimate dynamism and vitality. His art is powerful but intelligent, revealing the essence of... read more »


Lexicon

Cage, John
(1912-1992)

1. American composer, thinker, writer, and artist. Although his creative activities were diverse and varied across mediums and genres, Cage is probably still best known for his 4’33”, first performed in 1952 by the respected pianist... read more »


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