Beijing / Richard Kelly Tipping., 1989
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Scope and Contents
The text on the sculpture that reads "Machine Guns Against Jeans And Sneakers" is set vertically to suggest Chinese language. The theme deals with the peaceful student and worker uprising against the Chinese Communist government in Tennamon square, Beijing which was militarily suppressed. The image of this work is reproduced in C'est mon dada No.14, 2007. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1989
Creator
- Tipping, Richard Kelly, 1949- (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 sculpture (granite, living stone, engraved)) ; 57 x 31 x 21 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
gallery
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Wangi Wangi, Australia : [Publisher not identified]. Nationality of creator: Australian. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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