Tahiti Green
He Gong, Tahiti Green，Multi-media installation,
Two orbs, approx. 300 cm x 300 cm, 2023.
Photo Credit: A4 Art Museum
Piece Description
Text: Dr. Sophia Kidd
He Gong is a cultural nomad whose path has covered North and South America, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. He plans to travel to Africa and Oceania next. Maps play an important role in his travels and artistic creations.
In addition to investigating nature and geography, he takes humanistic, social, and historical landscapes as material for his artistic practice of storytelling. Tahiti Green is shaped like a globe and made from yak skin, with the map drawn in the manner of a tattoo.
From the words written by He Gong on the surface of the earth, we glean information about great geographical discoveries, colonial invasions, and the mentality of emerging economies enjoying post-colonial culture.
Assembling He Gong’s
artwork Tahiti Green