Title |
United Nations: Babel of the Millennium (detail) |
Creator |
Wenda Gu |
Creator Nationality |
Chinese |
Building |
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
Location City/State |
San Francisco, California |
Location Country |
United States |
Style Period |
21st Century Art; Contemporary Art |
Description |
A site-specific installation; an entirely human hair made tower of nonsensical pseudo-Chinese, English, Hindi, Arabic and synthesized English-Chinese |
Subject |
Contemporary Asian Art |
Creation Date |
2000 CE |
Form |
installation |
Medium |
human hair |
Dimensions |
75' high x 34' in diameter |
Classes |
ARTH 4020: Chinese Painting |
Source |
Wenda Gu: Art from Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium. MIT Press, Cambridge, 2003. |
Work ID |
11308 |
Rights |
Digital Image Copyright University of Utah |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6qv6zh7 |
Setname |
uu_aah_art |
ID |
36735 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qv6zh7 |