Art Exploration
Learn how to make your own cyanotype print alongside artist Heidi Kirkpatrick.
Inspiración para la clase
Sui Jianguo's Made in China
Lesson Spark
Sui Jianguo's Made in China
Made in China, by artist Sui Jianguo focuses on China's exportation of goods. Jianguo’s intention is to get viewers to consider who is making a product, where it is going, and why. Keeping that intention in mind, consider how consumerism (something that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts) might affect you personally.
Thematic Collection
Made in China, a sculpture by artist Sui Jianguo, is a crowd favorite among Denver Art Museum visitors. The giant red dinosaur is loved by so many because of its size, color, and texture. Explore the captivating sculpture more closely with these learning resources and activities that encourage looking, creating, and thinking together about size, where products come from, and how we value toys or belongings.
Art Exploration
Inspired by Sui Jianguo's Made in China, explore ways you can transform inexpensive or overlooked items in your home into a makeshift replica of the sculpture.
Thematic Collection
Each of us can play a pivotal role in our community, whether that is our neighborhood, family, friend group, or school. Today, as always, it is important to consider and learn about our local culture, through our communities’ people, places, and history. How are we building local understanding into our lives and learning?