Snakes, Spiders, Scorpions

submitted by jen

Oct 29 2005 — 2:00am

The Walker Art Center has a wonderful show up now by Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping — snakes, spiders, scorpions and bugs. Have you seen it? What did you think?

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3 Reader Comments

Burt Oct 29 2005
10:07 am

It was surprising. My favorite piece, after the bug gladiator thing, is a silver sculpture of a big-balled bulldog peeing on the wall. The dog has a broken chain on its neck, and where it’s urine hits the wall it runs down to form a puddle on the floor shaped like the United States. A slap in the face by a foreign artist? Probably, but the fact that dog’s not peeing ON the US, but that the puddle outlines the States suggests something more about marking territory than about disrespect for our country.

chuck Oct 30 2005
2:44 pm

HEY REX, there must be some weird links in this post, cuz the text don’t make no sense.

nina Oct 30 2005
9:22 pm

The best show in a long time. Political, moving, not overdone, creepy, ambitious. I’ve seen it twice now and it’s great. Here’s a photo (I found out you’re not supposed to take photos – too late!)