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Bridging the Past and Present: Public Art by Michael Rakowitz and Zhao Zhao
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Lingzhu Shao
Rubric:Study of art
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Public art projects often convey collective messages to target audiences and communities. Two 21st-century artists from different cultural backgrounds, Michael Rakowitz and Zhao Zhao, devoted their artistic talents and inventions to public art projects in diverse mediums, subjects, and motifs. This essay examines the artistic overlapping and distinctions between Rakowitz and Zhao through the perspective of the modern economy, societal values, and the history of global cultures.
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art history
public arts
modern art
monuments
global culture
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Lingzhu Shao
Rubric:Study of art
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