There is an art work that I want to have a critical analysis is Giant No. 3. The author of this art work is Zhang Huan. This work of art is a colossal figurative sculpture which created in 2008. Giant No. 3 is made of steel, cowskin, wood and polystyrene foam. The color is almost brown and somewhere shows white. This sculpture is so large which the size is 4.6 meters times 10 meters times 4.2 meters.
This artwork is “depicts a fifteen-foot pregnant beggar with a child clinging to one shoulder”(Robertson, J., & McDaniel, C., 2005, page 111). Giant No. 3 shows a very large pregnant body with ragged garments. Those garments are all cowhides stapled together. Let me called Giant No. 3 a giant and ragged mother. We can see the giant and ragged …show more content…
At one stage of his life, life is very hard. He still feels that he cannot join in the America culture because he already formed his half Chinese cultural style and language. He is pessimistic about everything. Later, he still has a success when he in the United Stated, however he came back to China in 2005. “Zhang is considered one of the pre-eminent performance artists of his generation in China”(Chiu, M., 1996). He feels China is the land that he should belong to. During this period, he tries to learn from buddhism. He believes people should be tolerant. He understands other cultures or religions. He thought every creature could be called the bodhisattva. Many of the gods are deified giant that is what human beings are in demand. Different people need to find their own hero. The hero is their god.
Obviously, the meaning of Giant No.3 could be found through the formal and background analysis. A giant is not an ordinary person, but also an ordinary person. Once you fell down and stand up again that you become a Giant. You are Giant but need to cure. Giant could not bear the pressure of the world, unable to face the reality. The giant is too tired that needs to rest and
This artwork is “depicts a fifteen-foot pregnant beggar with a child clinging to one shoulder”(Robertson, J., & McDaniel, C., 2005, page 111). Giant No. 3 shows a very large pregnant body with ragged garments. Those garments are all cowhides stapled together. Let me called Giant No. 3 a giant and ragged mother. We can see the giant and ragged …show more content…
At one stage of his life, life is very hard. He still feels that he cannot join in the America culture because he already formed his half Chinese cultural style and language. He is pessimistic about everything. Later, he still has a success when he in the United Stated, however he came back to China in 2005. “Zhang is considered one of the pre-eminent performance artists of his generation in China”(Chiu, M., 1996). He feels China is the land that he should belong to. During this period, he tries to learn from buddhism. He believes people should be tolerant. He understands other cultures or religions. He thought every creature could be called the bodhisattva. Many of the gods are deified giant that is what human beings are in demand. Different people need to find their own hero. The hero is their god.
Obviously, the meaning of Giant No.3 could be found through the formal and background analysis. A giant is not an ordinary person, but also an ordinary person. Once you fell down and stand up again that you become a Giant. You are Giant but need to cure. Giant could not bear the pressure of the world, unable to face the reality. The giant is too tired that needs to rest and