Zhou Yan Contemporary Chinese Art Archive 周彦当代中国艺术档案
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Date
1993
Format
Postcard
Exhibition Event Title
Bird before peace
Date of Exhibition Event
1993
Location of Exhibition Event
FONTANELLE, Potsdam
Materials
Photograph printed on postcard
Description
The work “Drinking Water” was photographed by Peter Meyer in Hamburg in 1993, under the direction of Wu Shanzhuan and Inga Svala Thorsdottir. It was displayed in the exhibition titled ”Bird before peace” and is included in “Wu Shan Zhuan, Red Humour International” series. The artist Inga Svala Thórsdóttir is photographed in a chromophotograph. She stands by a sink in the kitchen and drinks a glass of water while there is water running from the faucet. As Joni Low argues in her review, “What Wu discovered through these artistic processes was that the meaning of art resides not in the art object, or the artist, but in the context and the experience itself.” Wu has the approach towards the Daoist idea of “the art is merely a container to hold concepts”. Thus, he creates work like “Drinking Water” that is about everyday life, but it is profound because of its simplicity (Joni Low, “Symphony of Riddles: Wu Shanzhuan: Red Humour International”. Available at: http://yishu-online.com/wp-content/uploads/mm-products/uploads/2006_v05_04_low_j_p094.pdf). See the back of this postcard in the link below. (Yifan Shang ‘25)
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