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½ Meat and Text

二分之一的肉和文字

1998

Zhang Huan 張洹

(Chinese, b. 1965)
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Culture
China, 20th century
Medium
chromogenic print
Measurements
Paper: 119.4 x 104.1 cm (47 x 41 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2012.100.2
Copyright
© Zhang Huan
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

The 1/2 series was inspired by the market in Beijing where Zhang Huan ate breakfast every morning. “I could see rows and rows of ribs on sale at different stalls. When I saw the ribs, I saw myself. Half of a person is his body and the other half is his soul.” Zhang photographed himself with “meat” (the ribs of an animal carcass) and with meat and “text” (thoughts on poetry and culture written on his body by friends). Humans are animals, Zhang reminds us, but language and art set us apart from our fellow creatures.

½ Meat and Text

1998

Zhang Huan

(Chinese, b. 1965)
China, 20th century

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