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East Village No. 20

1994

Rong Rong 榮榮

(Chinese, b. 1968)
Culture
China
Medium
gelatin silver print (printed 2005)
Measurements
Image: 38.4 x 55 cm (15 1/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds from an anonymous donor 2018.19
Edition
Edition 11/12
Copyright
© Rong Rong
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Rong Rong’s image imbues Zhang Huan with stoic calm as he performs 12 Square Meters. Zhang spent an hour sitting naked, covered with honey, soy sauce, and flies in the filthiest latrine in Beijing’s East Village on a 100-degree day. The performance comments on the deplorable local sanitary conditions, the sufferings of the poor in China, and the political situation in that country in the 1990s.

East Village No. 20

1994

Rong Rong

(Chinese, b. 1968)
China

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