Zhang Huan is a Chinese artist that works in performance, sculpture, and photography but is primarily a performance artist. Many of his works deal with identity, spiritualism, vulnerability, and transgression. His performances connotate a blank masochism with the crude conditions he puts himself in.
I first discovered him from a book of tattoos that a friend was looking at. His "blank stare" intrigued me, especially with the situation he inflicted on himself. My fascination continued with how, in my opinion, he explored the possibilities of the human body and physical pain. In my opinion, Huan wants to show how he is above the human limits, almost like he is immortal.
I see a similarity with him in myself, to challenge the physical boundaries of pain.
I realized that although he has a "blank stare," his reaction to the situation is exhibited by the very act of the performance.
Family Tree, 2000, New York, USA
1/2 1998, Beijing, China
| My New York, 2002, Performance, Whitney Museum, New York, USA | ||
Foam 1998, Beijing, China
My description of his oeuvre is blank masochism. hahaaa
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