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Wang Du — Luxe Populaire (Le Monde)
Wang Du

Luxe Populaire (Le Monde)

Wang Du's *Luxe Populaire (Le Monde)* is a striking sculptural work in which a page from the French newspaper *Le Monde* has been rendered in acrylic on polyester resin, transforming a fleeting, everyday media object into a rigid, three-dimensional artifact. The piece captures the crumpled, tactile quality of a real newspaper, frozen in time and elevated to the status of fine art. Through this material transformation, Wang Du interrogates the relationship between mass media, consumer culture, and the construction of reality in the modern information age.

Medium
acrylic on polyester resin

🔨 Auction Lot

Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 17, 2013

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Wang Du, Luxe Populaire (Le Monde)

Wang Du's *Luxe Populaire (Le Monde)* is a striking sculptural work in which a page from the French newspaper *Le Monde* has been rendered in acrylic on polyester resin, transforming a fleeting, everyday media object into a rigid, three-dimensional artifact. The piece captures the crumpled, tactile quality of a real newspaper, frozen in time and elevated to the status of fine art. Through this material transformation, Wang Du interrogates the relationship between mass media, consumer culture, and the construction of reality in the modern information age.

Medium
acrylic on polyester resin
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Figurative Sculpture, Consumer Culture, Media Critique, Chinese Artist, Pop Art, Political Commentary, Contemporary Art, Three-Dimensional

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