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Skin

1997

Zhang Huan 張洹

(Chinese, b. 1965)
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Culture
China, 20th century
Medium
gelatin silver print
Measurements
Paper: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2012.101.n
Edition
25
Copyright
© Zhang Huan
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Zhang Huan had studied classical ink painting, Western drawing and painting, and art history when he turned to performance art in 1990. There were few precedents in Chinese art, so he looked to Western genres including performance art, body art, and serial imagery. Zhang performed 1/2 Series and Skin just for the camera. Living on very little money, Zhang asked himself, “Is it possible to make a piece without spending any money?” Skin was the answer. Through making it, he discovered “the potential of skin, with its traces of relaxation and aging.” He came to believe that the body is “the only direct way through which I come to know society and society comes to know me. . . . The body is language.”

Skin

1997

Zhang Huan

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

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