Hongtao Zhou Creates Frozen Furniture From Snow

For artist Hongtao Zhou, creating magnificent snow sculptures isn’t very difficult in winters as cold as those found in Wisconsin. But when Zhou was commissioned by the Milwaukee Art Museum to produce an installation of dancing ice furniture on its front lawn, things got a little disagreeable on account of the thermostat readings. In the face of unseasonably warm temperatures and a front lawn almost completely surrounded by windows, Zhou continued undeterred deciding that this year’s furniture should embrace the heat and turn all that melting into a way convey the issue of global warming. 

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