Culture: Dog sculpture by Chen Chanwei
The Chinese zodiak assigns an animal to the year of one's birth, in twelve year repeating cycles. Some renouned humans born in years of the dog are Socrates, George Gershwin, Benjamin Franklin, Herbet Hoover, and David Niven. But far be it from us to suggest that the Beijing Olympics should be boycotted because in many parts of China, people eat dog meat. Rather, we today bring to your attention the sculpture People Belong to Dog by artist Chen Changwei, born in 1973 in Qujing, Yunnan. The sculpture is a limited edition, and part of a series of the zodiak cycle of animals, all realized in pate de cristal.
2008.04.15, 8:53 AM
