Li Hongbol is a Chinese artist who glues thousands and thousands of paper, and then carves them into shapes to make sculptures. This exhibit is knowns as "Ocean of Flowers". This lay out includes carved pistols, machine guns, and bullets opened up like fans. The peice and title is used to symbolize his opinion of gun control. Li States, "The international making and trading of guns is a colossal business, yet superpowers argue that having big guns is a discourages the rapid growth and booming businesses. We have only created more sophisticated killing machines that take lives as easily, and as effortlessly, as picking flowers."
This picture on the left shows sculpted paper pistols, and how they are stretched and arranged to create the "ocean of flowers"
No comments:
Post a Comment