Artist
Wang Wei (Chinese, born 1972)Chinese, born 1972
CultureChinese
Titles
- 1/30th of a Second Underwater
Date1999
MediumEight light box transparencies with soundtrack
DimensionsOverall: 458 1/4 × 52 in. (1164 × 132.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert, Jereann, and Holland Chaney
Object number2007.1199.A,.B
Not on view
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Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITIONS:
"RED HOT - Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, July 7 - October 21, 2007.
"Post-Sense Sensibility: Alien Bodies and Delusion," Beijing, 1999
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China," New York, Berlin, Chicago, London, Santa Barbara and Seattle.
"Guangzhou Triennial", 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
.B) Marked in ink on the CD: "5/5 (signature) / 1999 / sound of 1/30 sec. / underwater"
Marked in ink on the copy of the CD: "sound of / 1/30 sec. underwater"
Marked in ink on the copy of the CD: "sound of / 1/30 sec. underwater"
Signed in ink on the CD: "WANG WEI / 1999"
Printed label on verso of CD's: "ty • art / ... / CHANR-278 / Chaney Family / Collection / Wang Wei / 1/30 of a Second Underwater 5/5 / *SOUND CD* / 8 color transparencies / 2/5/2007"
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