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Tower Snake by Huang Yong Ping

By Alex in Architecture, Arts & Crafts on Jul 9, 2009 at 3:17 pm



Photo: Gladstone Gallery

You’re looking at Tower Snake, a spiral ramp built with bamboo and cast-aluminum snake skeleton by Chinese artist Huang Yong Ping, currently on display at the Gladstone Gallery in New York.

The Gallery describes Yong Ping’s creation in amusing art-speak as "subtly transforming the cruciform symbol of Christian salvation into the tangled figure of Edenic tempation" (huh?) but I say it’s pretty darn cool to imagine walking into the belly of a giant snake: Link | More photos at the Gladstone Gallery


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  1. Johnny Cat
    Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:31 pm

    "subtly transforming the cruciform symbol of Christian salvation into the tangled figure of Edenic temptation"

    I'd say it subtly transforms awesomeness into the tangled figure of Win.

  2. ted
    Jul 9th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    I thought it said Trouser Snake at first. Man, do I need glasses.

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