Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Tigre

Tiger

Tapete feito de cigarro. Rug made of cigarettes.
Detalhe do tapete. Detailed view of rug.
O artista chines Xu Bing usou 500 mil cigarros para produzir um tapete que imita a pele de um tigre, no Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, nos Estados Unidos. Na exposicao Xu Bing: Tobacco Project, ele explora a producao e cultura do tabaco, usando como inspiracao visitas a plantacoes e fabricas de cigarros.


Xu Bing, a chinese artist, used 500,000 cigarettes to create this mock tiger skin rug, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,USA. In the exhibition Xu Bing: Tobacco Project, he explores the production and culture of tobacco, inspired by his visits to tobacco farms and cigarette factories. 
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5 comments:

  1. LuNovember 23, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    Criativo.

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  2. Maria CeciliaNovember 23, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Ufa.... Ate que enfim acharam uma utilidade Para o cigarro.

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  3. Astro BoyNovember 27, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    Tigers are cool! Smoking is bad for you! Very sad that there are less than 5000 tigers in the wild!

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  4. AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 8:44 AM

    Really? There are less than 5000 tigers in the wild?? That's a shame for sure! They are such cool animals. Shame on us so called human beings.

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  5. NadiluxDecember 6, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    Oi! Como a Maria Cecilia disse ai em cima, ate que enfim acharam uma utilidade para o cigarro! Eu tbm nao sabia que ha menos de 5000 tigres em seus habitats naturais! Eh uma pena isso! =(

    Hi! As Maria Cecilia said, finally someone found some use for cigarettes! I didn't know that there are less than 5000 tigers in the wild either! So sad! =(

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