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Yeni Mao Canada, 1971
fig 23.6 i am the brother of this snake, 2020Steel, blue calcite, cement, henequin318 x 48 x 26 cm
126 x 19 x 10 in
Hang bar
154 x 47 7 x 2.5 cm
60.5 x 18.5 x 1 in
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'The title I am the brother of this snake suggests that everything a snake represents - evil, temptation, knowledge, rebirth - is intrinsic to the self. The malignant is kindred,..."The title I am the brother of this snake suggests that everything a snake represents - evil, temptation, knowledge, rebirth - is intrinsic to the self. The malignant is kindred, impulses are inborn. So the form of the piece implies a scale or balance between the two entities on each end of the chain." — Yeni Mao
