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2388: Connecting Vocabularies

An art project about Beijing, China in the time just before the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4, 1989. "2388: Connecting Vocabularies" recreates the seventeenth century French court painting series "Seven Arts and Seven Virtues" by Sebastien Bourdon, in a post-modern format.

First shown at the New York Academy of Sciences in 1992, "2388: Connecting Vocabularies" has also been shown at the Brauer Museum of Art, Indiana, USA, and at the Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic.

"2388: Connecting Vocabularies" was last shown at Museo de Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela, 2016-2017.

Title: Magnificence