The Thousand-year-old Shapeshifting Herring (details) – (Wu Jian’An) ◄ Tidligere neste ►

Artist: Wu Jian’An

Dato: 2015

Museum: CAFA Art Museum (Beijing, China)

Teknikk: Cotton

“Tale of the Green Herring” is the prequel of the famous folktale “Legend of the White Snake”. Artist Wu Jian’an recreated a new myth with contemporary interpretation. The story begins with a herring’s cultivation, and the process of the green herring’s transformation according to Taosit methods is realized with freeze-frame images.The first frame is entitled “The Thousand-year-old Shapeshifting Herring