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East Meets West

In her iconic series, Chinese-born, German-raised artist Yang Liu uses simple pictograms depicting key cultural differences between East and West. China is represented by the red side and Germany by the blue.

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/08/2008 - 06:51.

There are of course reasons why stereotypes come to exist. Just thought i'd point this often overlooked fact out. Sorry.

Submitted by DarkerPolka on Thu, 08/07/2008 - 18:12.

What is the last picture? I hate to say it but it reminds me of... bukkake

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 22:51.

I've been living in asia for the past two years, and i think it's hilarious. They are a bit obvious, yes. But the obvious stuff is obvious and can also say something deeper once the initial humor and novelty has warn off.

Submitted by E. Cruz Eusebio on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 20:07.

I can actually relate to some of these designs. Although, vastly stereotypical, there is some truth to their underlying themes. One must also remember that this is one artist's view of the world and perspective based on her own unique upbringing.

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 07:04.

I think the descriptions of the pics are reversed, or am I missing something?

Submitted by Rob Em on Sat, 08/02/2008 - 13:49.

If you're refering to the 'trends' picture where Germany is represented by the asian eating utensils and China is represented by western eating utensils, I can only assume that it's not an error, and that the artists is suggesting that east is trendy to the west and the west is trendy to the east.

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Submitted by Dav id on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 06:32.

I found it somewhat cliched and pandered to the usual stereotypes i.e. the individualistic, self-centred west and the conformist family/community oriented east. "The way of life" slide, oh please.

Submitted by Paolo on Wed, 07/30/2008 - 14:45.

Germany would seem a lonely sad robotic place judging by the pictogrammes. Generally the lifestyle in the ex-GDR (east) part of Germany is more social than in the west (or at least the interaction seems less burdened by ego) and certainly not quite as "Ich" (me) obsessed as ex-west germany. I liked the opinions pictures, does this illustrate why germany and humour dont really work?

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