Ink Art: Past as Present in Contemporary China
Family Tree
Date: 2001
Culture: China
Medium: Nine chromogenic prints
Dimensions: Image (each): 21 in. × 16 1/2 in. (53.3 × 41.9 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Lent by The Walther Collection
Rights and Reproduction: Artwork © Zhang Huan. Photo: © Yale University Art Gallery
" 3006M3 is the total volume of the Watari Museum, while my weight is 65KG. I used hundreds of yellow medical tubes normally used for blood transfusions to tie my body to the building. I tried my best to pull down the museum--a symbol of modern civilization--but my body, in return, was pulled back by it.
The body is a proof of identity and also a kind of language.
Other forms of communication are too far removed. "
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