From an oversized, bright orange Hermes gift box to a crumpled Marks & Spencer bag and a larger-than-life Wrigley's chewing gum wrapper, sculptor Jiao Xingtao has used everyday items as inspiration for meticulously crafted, timeless fibreglass compositions reflecting an 'I consume, therefore I am' mentality. The article delves deep into the trash and discovers one artist's controversial perception of packaging.

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Oct 2007

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Kee, Oct 2007, pp. 92–94

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