Danh Vo, Fabulous Muscles, Museion Bolzano

The big installation “Fabulous Muscles” at Museion in Bolzano is only one part of a bigger project, whose aim is to create a 1:1 reproduction of the Statue of Liberty. More fragments of the Statue will be shown at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – “GO MO NI MA DA,” from May 24 to August 18, 2013. Danh Vo’s work is covertly political: his practice explores the identities of liberal societies, reflecting on colonialism, migration and cultural identity. Rebuilding the Statue of Liberty is a way to explore the concept of freedom and to evaluate identities instances.

Danh Vo, “Fabulous Muscles” at Museion, Bolzano through September 01, 2013.

Danh Vo, Fabulous Muscles, Museion, 2013, exhibition view. In primo piano/Vg/Front: We the people © Danh Vo, courtesy Galerie Chantal Crousel. Foto Othmar Seehauser