Altered States video – what inspires Zhang Huan and why he is taking a break from performance art
Posted by artradar on February 20, 2009
CHINESE ARTIST VIDEO
Zhang Huan
Zhang Huan, a leading performing artist from China
This 2007 video covers:
Ash Head series
- how museums are studios for Zhang Huan
- why Zhang Huan stopped his performance art and his plan to return to it
- how his prints are inspired by martial arts books and astrology
- how giant sawn off body parts of Tibetan Buddhist relics destroyed during the Cultural Revolution inspire him
- what makes a good artist “A good artist is illogical”
Links: Zhang Huan website, Zhang Huan on wikipedia
Related posts:
- Zhang Huan’s first show in Russia – Moscow Times – Dec 2008
- Which Asian artists are in the Pompidou collection? – Dec 2008
- Zhang Huan’s spectacle at Pace Wildenstein gallery New York – June 2008
Art Radar Asia 
josafat miranda said
good