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The collaboration with Chinese artists... |
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IN AUGUST 2006 Swedish and Chinese
artists were collaborating on a wood symposium
“Knock on wood” in Orsa, Sweden.
Professor in sculpture, Wei Xiaoming at the
Academy of Art & Designe, Tsinghua University
and Torsten Jurell install The Cochroach Girl
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In that time Torsten Jurell made the
loudspeaker tower, “Information” which
became the start of his work
The Girls of Calais.
He also made the Maya horseman named "
Land and Freedom" and the "Cockroach Girl"...
These fruitful meetings continued with
one and a half month in Beijing
last summer were Torsten Jurell rented a
studio and created several ink paintings.
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| The drawing from were the Maya horseman was made... |
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| The Loudspeaker Tower, now named "Information"... |
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| The sculptor Dong Boquan and Torsten Jurell in Orsa, Sweden, 2006 |
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The text on the back of the cockroach girl:
The Moon shines cold
Girl is looking for love
She finds love in the sculpture
I wish I were a Dragon
When dragons fall in love
The Moon shines warm
Every day, Torsten Jurell created a line, translated it and painted the text on the sculpture. This became the start of the book project...
Images from the wood symposium Knock on Wood...
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