Life - Chicago, IL - Silhouette Public Art Sculptures on Waymarking.com

According to the website for the Zhou B Art Center, the name of this red silhouette-style sculpture is "Life." It is installed outside of the art center on 35th Street in Chicago.

Here is some information about the artists from the website:

"The Zhou Brothers, ShanZuo born 1952 and DaHuang born 1957, are amongst the most important and accomplished contemporary artists in the world today. Renowned for their unique collaborative work process which has spanned over 40 years, they work together on their paintings, performances and sculptures. The Brothers discovered this distinguishing collaboration after working on their first painting together in 1973, titled “The Wave.”

"Their thinking, aesthetic, and creativity are a symbiosis of eastern and western philosophy, art, and literature that informed of their development since early childhood, and eventually spurring the evolution of their influential “Feeling is Liberty” Philosophy which has been taught in the last 20 years to thousands of their students. Their indomitable spirit allowed them to leave behind their brilliant success in China, where they were hailed as national heroes for their early work, ­­­­to step onto the world stage. In 1986 the Zhou Brothers took an enormous risk and moved to the United States.

"The Zhou Brothers come from the autonomous Chinese region of GuangXi and studied art in Shanghai and Beijing. They became the most famous young painters of their generation and mainland China in the 1980s. In 1985 they were honored as the first contemporary artist ever to show their work in an exhibition that traveled to the five largest museums in China, including the national Art Museum of China in Beijing and art museums in Shanghai and Nanjing. One of the most important demonstrations of their collaboration is the performance the Zhou Brothers gave during the opening ceremony of the world economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, in 2000. In front of the most important political, economic, and cultural leaders in the world, they created a large format painting titled “New Beginnings” to give due treatment to their most important theme, humankind. In 2004, The Zhou Brothers founded the Zhou B Art Center with the dream of providing a platform and creative freedom for international artists."

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Title of Piece: Life Artist: Zhou ShanZuo and DaHuang Material/Media: painted steel Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): On 35th Street in Chicago outside of the Zhou B Art Center Web link(s) for additional information: Not listed

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