Phoenix Project
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Phoenix Project is a large-scale contemporary art installation by Chinese artist Xu Bing featuring monumental phoenix sculptures constructed from recycled construction debris to comment on urbanization and social change in China.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Phoenix Project canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art installation
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contemporary artwork ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Phoenix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedFor | World Financial Center Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 2010 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | China ⓘ |
| creator | Xu Bing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | pair of mythological phoenixes ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art NERFINISHED ⓘ Shanghai World Expo-related venues ⓘ |
| features | monumental phoenix sculptures ⓘ |
| genre | installation art ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | contemporary Chinese society ⓘ |
| hasLength | approximately 90 feet per bird ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalReference | Chinese phoenix (fenghuang) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Feng
NERFINISHED
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Huang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
environmental sustainability
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labor and inequality ⓘ recycling and reuse ⓘ tension between luxury and labor ⓘ |
| hasWeight | approximately 12 tons per bird ⓘ |
| inception | 2008 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Chinese urban construction boom ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Chinese ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
migrant labor conditions
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social change in China ⓘ urbanization in China ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
discarded tools
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hard hats ⓘ industrial waste ⓘ metal pipes ⓘ recycled construction debris ⓘ saw blades ⓘ shovels ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
monumental suspended bird forms
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social commentary on rapid development in China ⓘ use of construction debris from building sites ⓘ |
| significantScale | large-scale ⓘ |
| title | 凤凰 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
assemblage
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site-specific installation ⓘ |
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