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like the ocean, having been the ocean long before we arrived, each wave newborn and buried at once; like us, standing breathless at the edge, astonished by our own lungs.

Antonius-Tín Bui

Artwork Details

like the ocean, having been the ocean long before we arrived, each wave newborn and buried at once; like us, standing breathless at the edge, astonished by our own lungs.
2022
Antonius-Tín Bui
paper
6 ft. 5 in. x 5 ft. (195.58 x 152.4 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2023
2023/2.26

On Display

Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Apse

Description

Physical Description:

Blue papercut creating the image of two figures, one sitting and one standing, in a structure but surrounded by foliage. 

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