The Maasai Mara Exhibit
Fashion designer Liang Mingyu, whose work was featured in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, made the installation artwork entitled Maasai Mara that displays full-sized elephants made from recycled denim. She said that she hopes it will raise awareness of not only wildlife conservation but also industrial water pollution. “
By the Silver Sea By Steve Henderson
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'December' by Edward Duarde
"Tens of Thousands of Needles" Liang MingYu spent more than six months meticulously sewing the mother and baby elephants, each seam and crease telling the hardships of elephants and trying to draw attention to alarming environmental pollution. The stitching took tens of thousands of needles, and plenty of blood and finger injuries. “When I think the elephant’s teeth are pulled out, my fingers don’t feel hurt at all.” |
'Fishing the Esopus' by Barry DeBaun
"Let the Elephants be Heard" With her long-held concern for environmental conservation, as well as familiarity with different fabrics, Liang decided to recycle second-hand denims from friends and students and to utilize factories’ excess stocks as the main material to make her artwork. |
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