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ENDEMIC ‘END66 Pantlingia Manrii’ (2015)
The orchid in this work is endemic to Mount Kinabalu, it can only exist in that particular environment. Yet, the work can be brought to any place in the world. A part of it twitches, revealing its artificiality. The artist defied nature by creating a copy of the orchid with industrial materials. The endemic orchid can now exist anywhere. It does not belong to nature, but to the industrial age of machines and mass reproduction. |
Artist:
Chris Chong Chan Fui
Chris Chong Chan Fui