Cigarette Tiger Rug

China s renowned contemporary artist xu bing has worked on tobacco related projects for over ten years.

Cigarette tiger rug. We re all aware of the lavish furnishing of a bearskin rug but have you ever seen a tiger print rug made out of 500 000 cigarettes. 4 2 out of 5 stars 25. Creates hand knotted carpets that we consider today s masterpieces and tomorrow s heirlooms. A real tiger rug is a rare thing to have but rarer still is one made from hundreds of thousands of tobacco cigarettes.

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Renowned artist xu bing used 500 000 cigarettes to create a floor art installation resembling a tiger skin rug. It sure as hell doesn t look comfy but it would be worse if they were lit anyways. This cigarette tiger skin rug is the third in xu bing s series called the tobacco project. Weighing an impressive 440 pounds this cigarette rug has to be one of the.

The pure wool used in our tibetan oriental rugs comes from sheep that graze the himalayan mountain range at elevations that touch the sky. Currently on exhibit at the virginia museum of fine arts the painstakingly put together tobacco artwork meant to highlight global trade packaging and how people are seduced into. Tiger rug made of 500 000 cigarettes. By pinar noorata on november 2 2011.

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