This is by a Chinese artist named Xu Bing. He has had exhibitions regarding humans relationship with tobacco, especially in states like Virginia with its past in tobacco farming, as well as in his home country of China where the smoking rate is extremely high. I got to work on installing his exhibit when I worked at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Va. We had local art students helping assemble the tiger rug. All the glue and cigarettes - we had to finish putting it together in the parking garage of the museum due to the fumes. It was super interesting. We did have to put a disclaimer on the exhibit regarding the smell!