The artwork I decided to do for this essay as you can see by the title is called “China Monument: Temple of Heaven” by Wenda Gu and was created in 1998. The artworks medium is known as mixed media, which is known as, “the integrated use of different forms of media, esp within the art.”(in-text). In this artwork the media shows projects of texts and represents the spiritual aspect of it (in-text). The artwork has a mix of hair intertwined with different texts from all over the world. Gu is trying to show you the combination of different countries and cultures coming together as one. According to the text in “Gateways to Art: Understanding the Visual Arts”, “that he makes his so-called “hair monuments” in an effort to unite the people of the
