Thursday, April 22, 2010

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"Head On" by Cai Guo-Qiang (from his 'I Want to Believe' show at Guggenheim)

99 life-sized replicas of wolves and glass

1 comment:

  1. With few wolves scattered in the front gallery, all ninety-nine wolves run, gallop, and jump toward the far end of the exhibition hall, where a wall stands. The bravery of the wolves is met head on by the unyielding wall. As the leading wolves go down, many more follow with force and determination. As those in the front fall and pile up, those behind take up their positions.

    A freeze of motion makes us wonder if it is a sequences of steps one wolf takes in the motion of a jump across the room, or is it a pack of wolves, one following after the other.

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