Getting the performer ready for the cross-dressing
program |
The performers get off the truck one by
one at each of their designated sites |
Getting the performer ready for the cross-dressing
program |
Wang Jianwei and the curators, shot here
minutes before he begins his performance
by "marching" the 10km road towards
the Luding Bridge |
Wang Jianwei is about to start his work |
Homage to Performance Art - Binding. A series
of performance work employing "binding"
was created in China in the mid 1980s. |
Homage to Performance Art - Binding |
Homage to Performance Art -
Standing Nude with Western Doll
|
Homage to Performance Art -
Standing Nude with Western Doll |
Homage to Performance Art -
Standing Nude with Western Doll
|
Homage to Performance Art -
Blowing a Balloon While Suspended
|
Homage to Performance Art -
Blowing a Balloon While Suspended |
The history of the Long March is always
narrated as a path of progression from darkness
to the brightness. |
Starting in the late afternoon and finishing
at night, Wang Jianwei's "marching"
takes an opposite course, moving from the
brightness to the darkness. |
Homage to Performance Art -
Splashing Ink. This was a typical approach
in performance art in the end of 1980s in
China. |
Homage to Performance Art -
Splashing Ink
|
Homage to Performance Art -
Splashing Ink
|
Homage to Performance Art -
Splashing Ink |
Homage to Performance Art - Cross-Dressing.
This was a very popular approach to performance
art in China in the middle of 1990s. |
Homage to Performance Art - Cross-Dressing |
Homage to Performance Art - Cross-Dressing |
Homage to Performance Art - Writing Repeatedly
on a Mirror |
Homage to Performance Art - Writing Repeatedly
on a Mirror |
Homage to Performance Art - Writing Repeatedly
on a Mirror |
Wang Jianwei encounter "Homage to Performance
Art - Writing Repeatedly on a Mirror" |
Wang Jianwei traverses through the Long
March Event towards his destination, the
Luding Bridge. |
Homage to Performance Art - Holding a Panda
Bear Stuffed Toy While Blind-Folded" |
Wang Jianwei encounter with the performers
of the Long March Event |
Homage to Performance Art - Holding a Panda
Bear Stuffed Toy While Blind-Folded" |
Wang Jianwei marching through the night
towards the Luding Bridge, |
Homage to Performance Art - Human Pyramid |
Homage to Performance Art - Human Pyramid |
Homage to Performance Art - Human Pyramid |
Homage to Performance Art - Killing Fish.
Violence was an important trend of performance
art in China the late 1990s. |
Homage to Performance Art - Killing Fish |
Homage to Performance Art - Killing Fish |
Homage to Performance Art - Killing Fish |
Homage to Performance Art - Killing Fish |
Homage to Performance Art - Killing Fish |
