zhang huan

zhang huan is a prolific and bright artist out of China who employs some 100 assistants in his studio

I have always liked his work a lot, so I had to smile when the character of the novel I just read went off on a rant about this piece (Eli, the character, works in a gallery in Brooklyn and has some serious concerns regarding the fraudulence of contemporary art)

each of the following performances took place in/near Beijing, China,

To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain, 1995

To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond, 1997

I read an interview once where he talked about graduating from art school

and having no money or resources - only his body, so he did body art

performance, endurance, etc.

he also makes some great sculpture, and I really like this piece too