More enchanting than controversial, Huang Yong Pingβs, Colosseum (2007), is a marvelous room-sized terra-cotta model of the famous Roman arena filled with plants, turning the ultimate symbol of early imperialist sadism and blood sports into an enormous peaceful flower planter.
In China, Huang was a member of "Xiamen Dada," a group of conceptual artists whose actions included having a show and afterwards burning the work they had showed, and gathering up debris from the gallery courtyard and displaying it in the gallery. Since moving to the West, he he creates large-scale installations that refer to global relations and his Asian roots, often incorporating such objects as Chinese divination wheels and medicinal herbs. Photo: Elspeth Kinneir Lombardy - In the early spring shepherds drive huge flocks of livestock... sheep, mules, donkeys, and goats from the Pre-Alpine hills to the plains of Lombardy, for grazing. The newborn lambs are carried in a custom made side saddle by the donkeys, and returned to their mothers at feeding time.
In 1964, photographer Hope Herman Wurmfeld photographed everyday Italian scenes... From the exhibit, Vintage: Italy 1964, at Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in New York. |
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