Mining the Museum: Peace, War and Communism (Fillup & Kaycee)

Enshrined Buddha, c.1800, Burma, 
wood,lacquer,
gold leaf, mirrors and colored glass, MIA

       Taking three pieces from Fred Wilson's Installation at the MIA "Mining the Museum" we were to create our own Installation. Wilson Had so many different time periods and cultures it was real tough just to choose three to make our own. We did end up choosing the theme of Peace, War and Communism because at the MIA there are so many Buddhas from around the world, yet so many weapons as well. By putting the Enshrined Buddha, Wheel lock rifle, and Great Criticism: Disney on a wall next to each other would give the viewer a chance to see a few main Ideals cultures around the world have and how much they can differ. Starting off one would see the "Enshrined Buddha", a very spiritual, bright, and calming Sculpture from Burma, a peaceful culture. The intricate design of this and the inset gold leaf over the whole sculpture is amazing.Then they would move on to see "The Wheel Lock Rifle", a very large, powerful rifle, with its long Iron barrel, from Germany, who during this time period was in the 30 years war battle over were the borders of their country would be, quite opposite of "Enshrined Buddha". Moving On You'd then see "Great Criticism: Disney", a red Industrious painting from the post modern era, by Wang Guangyi, a Chinese Born man. China is a communist country run by a dictator, the  

Wheel Lock rifle, c. 1630, 
German (Central or Southern), Iron,
 fruitwood,bone, mother-of-pearl, 
and cowhorn, MIA 

Great Criticism: Disney, 2000,
 Wang Guangyi,
Chinese, Oil on canvas, MIA

painting shows Disney as being a dictator and industrializing their workers. Peace, War and Communism as an installation will move the viewer through time and a crossed the globe being able to understand different cultures through art.   





Images Courtesy of the Fred Wilson installation at the MIA "Mining the Museum"