Zhang Huan’s iconic performance: A small mountain of naked people
Zhang Huang is one of the greatest and perhaps most popular controversial artists in contemporary China. He first started...
Zhang Huan - 5 Examples
Zhang Huang is one of the greatest and perhaps most popular controversial artists in contemporary China. He first started making a name for himself in the mid-1990s, thanks to his performances, and later-on received recognition for his large-scale sculptures.
It is his willingness to push boundaries with his artistic expression that has made him so successful. Now, he is one of the most respected Chinese artists, amongst the likes of Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang and Huang Yong Ping.
Zhang Huan in suit made from raw meat (video)
Zhang Huan is one of China’s best known conceptual and performance artists. In his sculptures and paintings, he references the history of his home country. As such, his pieces contain components of political, religious and intellectual messages and anonymous portrait and landscape scenes. Most of his works are deeply influenced by …
Zhang Huan – One of the most disgusting performance pieces ever made
Zhang Huan is no stranger to controversy. Having attended school when China was undergoing a dramatic time in its history, Zhang learned a lot from the years of protests and demonstrations that would be staged in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing. As an avid fan of Avant-garde art, Zhang did not really have …
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Zhang Huan’s Ash Buddha – 20 tons of incense ash to create them
Zhang Huan’s Ash Buddhas Zhang Huan, born in 1965, started his career as a painter and then moved to performance art and then resorted back to painting. He is also a sculptor and photographer, but his main focus is on being a performance artist. He has made extensive use of ash throughout his career and …
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Zhang Huan’s Family Tree – His whole face painted black
As an alumnus of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Zhang Huan is one of China’s most influential artists. His work revolves around exploring both national and personal identity through performances. Initially, his work was entirely expressed in the form of performance. Later, he incorporated photography to counter the ephemeral nature of …
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