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Works in the Exhibition
11 June 2002—The Nightmare of George V
2002
concrete, reinforced steel, animal skins, paint, fabric cushion, plastic, wood and cane seat
96 x 140 x 66 in. (243.8 x 355.6 x 167.6 cm)
In 1911 Britain’s King George V traveled to Nepal for a hunting expedition. For three days, sitting on an elephant’s back and surrounded by various guards, he hunted game in the jungle. He is said to have bagged four tigers in a single day. In 2000, during a visit to a museum in Bristol, England,... read more »
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
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Writings
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
Beuys, Joseph
(1921-1986)
1. German artist and teacher and arguably one of the most important and influential figures in postwar art. Beuys redefined art making as a nonrarified, democratic creative activity, which he termed “social sculpture.” In his work, the artist was reimagined and... read more »
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