TANG DA WU 唐大雾
b. 1943, works and lives in Singapore
Documentation of performance at National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore, 1989. Performance © Tang Da Wu. Photo: Koh Nguang How. Courtesy of Koh Nguang How.
TANG DA WU 唐大雾
TDW_0529
1989
installation | performance
Linen rhino, plastic bottles and axe
Dimensions variable 80(H)*600*600cm | Rhino 63*322*192cm | Bottles 19*4.4*4.4cm (x 100 pieces) | Axe 3.5*73.7*17.1cm
A sculpture of a dead rhino without a horn, surrounded by empty drink bottles, presents a contemporary social commentary on the role of consumerism in destroying nature.
The work brings together installation, performance and ritualistic elements from traditional Chinese culture to send a loud and clear criticism on the Chinese myth about the medicinal properties of the rhinoceros horn that results in poaching and pushing the species into near extinction.
Awakenings: Art in Society in Asia 1960s – 1990s,
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
10.10, 2018
-12.24, 2018
Asian Artist Today – Fukuoka Annual V: Tang Da Wu Exhibition,
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan
09.10, 1991
-11.10, 1991
They Poach the Rhino, Chop Off His Horn and Make This Drink,
National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
May,1989
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