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From Ordinary to Art: Long-Bin Chen

August 7th, 2010 No comments

When viewed from a distance, the striking Buddhas of New-York based Taiwanese artist, Long-Bin Chen, look like marble or wood sculpture. They have stony expressions, but they are soft and so pliable you can actually flip through them. Award-winning Chen joins other artists like Vik Muniz who would agree that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” Muniz assembles his leftovers, creates a painting, photographs his work, and then destroys the original. Chen assembles but doesn’t discard. He… Read more

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