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A view of 'Terracotta Daughters,' created by Prune Nourry. Image courtesy of the artist.

VIDEO: ‘Terracotta Daughters’ explores gender preference in China

Catherine Saunders-Watson
Catherine Saunders-Watson
A view of 'Terracotta Daughters,' created by Prune Nourry. Image courtesy of the artist.
A view of ‘Terracotta Daughters,’ created by Prune Nourry. Image courtesy of the artist.

NEW YORK – As a continuation of Prune Nourry’s ‘Holy Daughters’ project in India, the artist’s new ‘Terracotta Daughters’ sculptures make a statement about gender preference in China. Nourry has created an army of 116 life-size ‘Terracotta Daughters’ as a contemporary postscript to China’s famed Terracotta Soldiers.

Nourry’s installation will commence a world tour after a Paris debut in April 2014, with subsequent stops planned in Switzerland (June) and New York City (October).

The army will return to China in 2015, to be buried in a “contemporary archaeological site until 2013,” Nourry said.

Nourry is currently in residence at the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Click to view a trailer about the Terracotta Daughters that samples a 52-minute film being made about the project and a 21-minute version that will be aired during the world tour.

http://vimeo.com/79253556

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A view of 'Terracotta Daughters,' created by Prune Nourry. Image courtesy of the artist.
A view of ‘Terracotta Daughters,’ created by Prune Nourry. Image courtesy of the artist.