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brave new worlds: 20 Tonnes (2002) by Han Sai Por

Han Sai Por is a sculptor who was awarded the Cultural Medallion in the 90s. She is one of only a few Cultural medallion winners who are female. She is well known for working with stone, like granite or marble. This is “20 Tonnes”, one of her bigger sculptures. There are 6 large cuboid slabs, with 2 shorter blocks, one on each end. They are arranged in a neat, long row. Each block has a series of lines carved into it. Most of the blocks have horizontal lines and two have surfaces with vertical lines, and they all have holes drilled through them. The entire work is two metres wide, one and a half metres tall, and its length stretches over more than three metres! Han Sai Por created this work from a single granite block that originally weighed 20 tonnes! First, she drilled holes into the massive block. Then, she hammered and chiselled them slowly into individual slabs. Sparks and sounds were produced as she worked with the natural material. Look carefully at the slabs. Do you see the tiny holes in them? They are aligned so that you can look all the way through them. What about the markings on the granite? They show how the natural stone reacts to both nature and human intervention. This represents the relationship between man and nature. If you want to get a feel of how the artist worked through the scale of this material, you can go look for it in front of the National Museum!