Cigarette Tiger Skin Rug

Xu bing sketching plan for new tiger skin rug of cigarettes photo in richmond virginia 2011.

Cigarette tiger skin rug.

Currently on exhibit at the virginia museum of fine. See more ideas about plastic problems litter art. Apr 22 2012 upcycled litter. A real tiger rug is a rare thing to have but rarer still is one made from hundreds of thousands of tobacco cigarettes.

However it s when one steps closer that they notice the unusual material making up this 40 foot work of art 500 000 cigarettes. Made from 500 000 individual cigarettes and weighing an incredible 440 pounds this mock tiger skin rug is the creation of former duke university student xu bing. Renowned artist xu bing used 500 000 cigarettes to create a floor art installation resembling a tiger skin rug. Currently on exhibit at the virginia museum of fine arts the painstakingly put together tobacco artwork meant to highlight global trade packaging and how people are seduced into.

Mostly beach litter into art to make a statement about litter litter prevention and the perils of our single ab use plastic problem. Made from 500 000 individual cigarettes and weighing an incredible 440lb this mock tiger skin rug is the creation of master artist xu bing. The exhibition things are not what they first appear takes up two parts of the museum and is centered around 1 st class an enormous tiger skin rug made from 500 000 cigarettes it would take. It sure as hell doesn t look comfy but it would be worse if they were lit anyways.

Modelled after a tiger skin patterned rug bing used cigarettes as an artistic medium in 1st class 2011 project standing half a million smokes on their ends to form the wide spanning floor. This cigarette tiger skin rug is the third in xu bing s series called the tobacco project. From above and afar you would be excused for mistaking this great work with the lavish furnishing of a tiger skin rug.