Friday, December 12, 2008

Contemporary Terracotta Warriors

 
Thanks to Jing from Shanghai (see comments) I've found out these are by the artist Yue Minjun and were commissioned to promote the new Guggenheim Foundation, which opens in Abu Dhabi 2012.

6 comments:

San Diego Farmgirl December 12, 2008 at 9:59 PM  

What in the world? Why is he/they boxing himself/themselves in the ear? And what's with the bare feet? Strange, indeed.

J.C. December 12, 2008 at 10:07 PM  

It's my first visit to your blog and I really like the photos you have posted.

This is an interesting shot! Like the expression on these statues.

Unknown December 13, 2008 at 2:41 AM  

They look really cool and funnyt too!

Jing December 13, 2008 at 8:40 PM  

well...I think this image is from one of famous Chinese artist...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yue_Minjun

nice to see this image there...

AbuDhabiDailyPhotographer December 14, 2008 at 8:49 AM  

Many thanks Jing - I was hoping someone would know. Isn't the internet a wonderful thing!

J.C. March 22, 2009 at 10:04 PM  

Ha ha ha...now that I saw my posting above, I realized today was not my first visit to your blog (as I had assumed earlier!). Glad to be back and I really enjoy your photos!

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