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Absence
Sculpture, Human body size, 2015. Bamboo, motorcycle paint, In the collection of Onewwall Gallery in Seoul, Korea.
Absence is a google search engine logo made from bamboo sculptures. The shape of the sculpture functions a body pillow to hold at night. It was once common for sailors to use these sculptures at night for air conditioning and comfort during their colonial exploits. These have many names through out time:
Bamboo wife, Bamboo husband, Dutch wife, comfort woman, dead body, dead man, lover, father, mother, child, dream, nightmare, your friend in the hospital....