Performance art in China
Performance art in China has grown since the 1970s as a response to the very traditional nature of
Chinese artists in the Venice Biennale
. In recent years, many of these artists have made performances specifically for photography or film.
Examples
Some of the more extreme examples of Chinese performance art have become notorious in the West. In 2000,
Zhu Ming, and He Yunchang
.
The 1996 film Frozen (Chinese title: Jidu Hanleng; 极度寒冷) by Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai, made under the pseudonym Wu Ming, has as its protagonists a group of Chinese performance artists, who are shown engaging in several street performances in the film.
Chinese performance artists
- Ai Weiwei
- Chen Shaoxiong
- He Yunchang
- Ma Liuming[2]
- Sun Yuan & Peng Yu
- Shu Yang
- Wang Chuyu
- Wang Xiaoshuai
- Yang Zhichao
- Yuan Cai and Jian Jun Xi
- Xie Deqing
- Zheng Lianjie
- Zhu Yu
- Zhang Huan[2]
- Zhang Shengquan
- Zhou Chengzhou
Chinese performance artist collectives
List of performing art
- Chinese martial arts
- Chinese variety art
- Dance in China
- Chinese traditional music
- Dragon dance
- Lion dance
References
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