Dieter Roth, Work Tables
“…The large gray sheets of cardboard the artist used to cover the work surfaces of his various studios and living quarters in Iceland and Switzerland in the 1970s.
These table mats, which Roth produced until his death in 1998, became cumulative diaries of his innovative, inspired, chaotic and ultimately lucid process, an approach that favored collaboration and the seamless melding of art and life.”
“In my shame about my smears—which no one wanted to see and no one actually looked at—I started to make constructions.
Today I leave such crap the way it is. When I have the courage.”
—Dieter Roth
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Confucius is known as one of the greatest thinkers and social philosophers of all time. So it’s no big surprise that Chinese artist Zhang Huan turned to him when he began pondering a series of difficult questions: “Faced with rapid economic and societal changes and energy and climate challenges, how can we achieve sustainable development? What responsibilities come along with China’s rise in international importance? Where is the sense of spiritual belonging for contemporary Chinese?” Although these questions might seem unrelated, according to Zhang, they are inherently connected by inescapable bonds.
With these questions in mind, Zhang created Q Confucius, his biggest solo exhibit to date. Now showing at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, China, the show runs through January 29, 2012.
It is there that you will find this giant hyperrealistic sculpture of Confucius, made of silicone, steel, carbon fiber and acrylic. If you happen to find yourself in Shanghai, do yourself a favour and check it out. His calm expression might just leave you with an urge to do some serious thinking as well.
[via My Modern Metropolis]
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