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Kawayan De Guia (Philippines)
Lady Liberty (2014)
Fiberglass, wood, various scrap materials
Kawayan de Guia first presented his replica of the Statue of Liberty overlooking the public market in Baguio to interrogate issues of American dominance, consumption, and communal exchange. The current installation in Fort Santiago, utilizing fragments of the statue along with scrap materials from Intramuros, recasts the fall of the Americans during World War II and the subsequent destruction of Manila in World War II and the subsequent destruction of Manila by allowing people to vandalize the work, the artist creates a symbolic wasteland that is constantly vulnerable to further attack and degradation.
Writer: Ringo Bunoan
Photo by: Rache Go
Kawayan De Guia (Philippines)
Lady Liberty (2014)
Fiberglass, wood, various scrap materials
Kawayan de Guia first presented his replica of the Statue of Liberty overlooking the public market in Baguio to interrogate issues of American dominance, consumption, and communal exchange. The current installation in Fort Santiago, utilizing fragments of the statue along with scrap materials from Intramuros, recasts the fall of the Americans during World War II and the subsequent destruction of Manila in World War II and the subsequent destruction of Manila by allowing people to vandalize the work, the artist creates a symbolic wasteland that is constantly vulnerable to further attack and degradation.
Writer: Ringo Bunoan
Photo by: Rache Go