id:			299324
accession number:	2017.64
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.64
updated:		2023-03-22 03:05:14.673000

Good Things Come in Pairs 8, 2011. Peng Wei (Chinese, b. 1974). Silk: plain weave, painted with ink and colors; 28 x 18 x 5 cm (11 x 7 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 2017.64 © Peng Wei

title:				Good Things Come in Pairs 8
title in original language:	好事成双－8
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creation date:			2011
creation date earliest:		2011
creation date latest:		2011
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			© Peng Wei

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culture:	China
technique:	Silk: plain weave, painted with ink and colors
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	Chinese Art
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Peng Wei (Chinese, b. 1974)  - artist

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measurements: 28 x 18 x 5 cm (11 x 7 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c
	opening date:   2018-02-05T05:00:00
	<i>The Splendor of Chinese Silk – Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 5-August 12, 2018).

	title:		Spotlight on a New Generation: Contemporary Chinese Artists (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2020-02-06T05:00:00
	<i>Spotlight on a New Generation: Contemporary Chinese Artists (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 6-August 16, 2020).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the artist, Beijing, China, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2011-2017
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2017-
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fun fact:
Peng Wei is a contemporary artist with a studio in Beijing and gallery in Taipei.

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wall description:
Peng Wei is a contemporary female artist whose work demonstrates a refined elegance and unique aesthetic. The soles of this pair of shoes, made of transparent silk, are painted with erotic scenes that refer to the past, showing female figures with bound feet. The ballerina-style shoes, however, reflect a modern and more liberal way of living. The work’s title, <em>Good Things Come in Pairs </em>(<em>haoshi chengshuang</em>), is a Chinese proverb. It can also be read as an allusion to the Chinese philosophical principle that when the forces of yin and yang—or male and female—are in balance, harmony and order are achieved.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Peng, Wei 彭薇, and Clarissa von Spee. <em>Migrations of Memory: The Poetry and Power of Music by Chinese Artist Peng Wei in Collaboration with the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> = 平沙落雁—音樂的詩意與力量: 中國藝術家彭薇與克利夫蘭藝術博物館合作. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.
	page number: 	Reproduced: back cover
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