City Dreams

Type

Sculpture, Bronze, 2013

Artist

Gao Xiaowu (b.1976), China

Location

The Interlace Level 1, Singapore 

“Floating” amidst the greenery are five balloon-shaped figures that make up this charming work. Whether male or female, in smart business suit or casual garb, these bloated individuals have only tiny wings that fly them to their dreams. What dreams? For the artist, “as a youth in the village, my dreams were of the city; as an adult in the city, my dreams are of the village”.  Will they make it?