Celebrate:
Life, Liberty And Beauty
Aug.
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Three-thousand American flags will be unfurled by 2,000 volunteers
along San Francisco Bay next weekend as a tribute to those
who lost their lives on Sept. 11th. It is a project by a Chinese
American artist who hopes the work will bring people together.
ABC7's Arts and Entertainment Reporter Don Sanchez reports.
Advertisement They've put up the tents and are getting together
the exhibits for the 50th Annual Sausalito Art Festival this
weekend. One artist's work is so big, it covers the side of
this building. Pop Zhao's panels of American flags are a preview
of the tribute he will unveil on Sunday, Sept. 8th. His Sept.
8th work is "Celebrate: Life, Liberty & Beauty," a memorial
to the victims and survivors of Sept. 11th. Three-thousand
red, white and blue panels are bordered in five colors that
signify our diversity. Each panel with a blue figure, the
symbol of freedom. It will require the help of 2,000 volunteers.
Zhao grew up in China, but he has lived here for 14 years.
Classically trained, a pop artist, and he has embraced performance
art, earth art. Panels of red dragons stretching 6 and a half
miles along the great wall last year. Done in support of Beijing's
Olympic bid. It is the longest artwork in the world according
to the Guinness Book of World Records. And when this performance
is over, he hopes its message will not end. He is financing
this by selling his artwork. Sept. 11th. if you would like
to volunteer to be part of the celebration project, contact
Pop Zhao at his Web site, www.tibetmoon.com.
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