If a first glance at the photo above has you wondering how a gallery floor covered with a vast and pristine aggregation of Sunflower Seeds qualifies as “Art,” please consider that these aren’t merely sunflower seeds but, rather, tiny hand-painted ceramic sculptures of Sunflower Seeds, and you may find your perception shifting. The Mary Boone Gallery in Chelsea is currently hosting an installation of Ai Weiwei’s Sunflower Seeds (2010), which originally debuted at London’s Tate Modern, where it covered nearly the entire floor of the Turbine Hall gallery. The Boone Gallery show has been significantly scaled down in size (from 100 million seeds in the original installation to several million here) but it is nevertheless an impressive sight.
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Baby Boy with Sixteen Toes Born in Rural China
Sixteen Little Baby Toes!
Here at The Worley Gig, we enjoy freakish things. However, we do not generally blog about freaks of nature, because we find that to be in questionable taste. That said, I was oddly charmed by this picture of a Baby born in rural China with eight toes on each foot, because look at all of those little toes! Other than being digitally challenged (he’s apparently got extra fingers but no thumbs, for ten digits on each hand) the baby has a normal face and body and appears to be healthy. Continue reading Baby Boy with Sixteen Toes Born in Rural China
Something You Don’t See Every Day: Mutant Piglet with a Monkey Face!
This Mutant Piglet with a Monkey Face — and I totally cannot even believe I just typed that — was recently born on a farm in China. I think it looks kinda like Sully from my favorite Pixar movie of all time, Monsters Inc. What do you think?
Bend it Like Beckham
I’m not sure if this ad is real or not, but according to this article from Yahoo News people in China can now purchase a box of nearly lead-free condoms with David Beckham’s picture on it! Personally, I would just like to have sex with the box.
Random Thoughts on Last Night’s Survivor Debut
Well, Survivor China got off to a roaring start last night and it looks like this season is going to be another good one. I can already see at least a few potential arrogant drama queens ready to make this a very entertaining twelve weeks. Continue reading Random Thoughts on Last Night’s Survivor Debut