College
of Architecture
Artist in Residence 2006
Wenda Gu
March 22 - 28
Artwork
by Wenda Gu
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gu's phrase neon project 1: “bai hua qi fang”
New York, 2004
a neon light installation. neon light tubes, Plexiglass
"hes
x shes" 1986
a mixed media woven installation commissioned by china national academy
of arts, china, 1986
china contemporary tapestry, shanghai exhibition center, china, 1987
300cm x 600cm x 80cm. silk, cotton, wool, hemp, gloves, bamboo, ink, rice
paper, weaving, traditional mounting, splashing ink
"gu’s phrase - ink - dvd cartoon " 2004
12 ink paintings & 1 cartoon video projection
(191 cm x 104 cm x 4 cm each)
chinese classic frame with a 6 inch flat tv monitor, a dvd player.
forest of stone steles -
retranslation & rewriting of tang poetry
national gallery of australia, canberra, 2001-2002
an installation with 15 stone steles, 162 ink rubbings
dimensions of installation: 1140 cm (wide) x 1552 cm (long) x 600 cm (high)
dimensions of each stone stele: 110 cm (wide) x 190 cm (long) x 20 cm
(thick)
weight of each and every stone stele: 1.3 tons
period of creation: 1993 - 2005, xi’an city, china, total stone
steles #s: 50
the nomad trilogy - tea
a multi-disciplinary dance theater choreographed and performed by yin
mei produced by the asia society with a funding from the greenwall foundation.
stage design: wenda gu.photo by charlie stein
united nations: united 7561 kilometers
art gallery, university of north texas, denton, usa 2002
a site-specific installation commissioned by the national endowment for
the arts, the andy warhol foundation for the visual arts, the texas commission
on the arts 2002.
40 feet high x 25 feet wide x 25 feet long
5000 m human hair braid made of 7561000 m of human hair, rubber stamps
of recreated 191 nations’ names of the world, a hair column
1 m human hair = 0.00529 g, a 50 m hair braid = 0.4 kg (400 g), 5000m
human hair braid = 7561kilometers (4698 miles)
Workshop Description
Wenda Gu will work with students to create translations between
Chinese and English. Neon is the format and visual presentation.
For more on this concept, see Wenda Gu's website
and go to
image galleries / installation / forest of stone steles / concept
Wenda Gu's website
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