French artist Prune Nourry made 116 life-sized "Terracotta Daughters" to highlight the plight of women in China. After traveling the world, the sculptures have been buried to "sleep" for 15 years.
This piece, which I'd not heard about until this week, stands as a great example of how artists use works from the past in very powerful and not-at-all-derivative ways.
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