60″H x 34″W x 34″D
Carved wood, mixed-media, CD player
Front of the Sculpture
Back of the Sculpture
Commentary
The disco craze in China and Taiwan symbolizes the separation of the younger generation from past social and political conventions.
A Mao Tse-Tung hat is buried in dirt in the drawer. This visual metaphor speaks to the demise of communism and Chinese tradition as a result of the influence of the Western world.
A couple in traditional Chinese dress spin continuously on a dance floor, surrounded by—and suspended between—the old and the new.
