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wiredInUSA - September 2014
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Wire finds its way into every area of modern
life. Now, female Chinese artist, Zhou Jie is
spending 36 days living in an art gallery, and
sleeping naked on an iron wire bed.
Since 9
th
August, Jie has been sleeping,
eating, washing and using her mobile ‘phone
in front of onlookers at Beijing's Art Now
Gallery. Although the artist hasn't revealed
the reasoning behind her exhibit, crowds of
Beijing art goers have passed through the Art
NowGallery to watch her. The project finishes
on 13
th
September.
The art project has attracted attention in
an online Chinese publication, with locals
questioning its artistic value. One viewer
commented on website chinaSMACK:
“Look at Korean performance art, then look
at domestic ones. Is art in our country only
streaking? No wonder women in our country
have a lower and lower sense of shame, all
a result of these garbage artists streaking
everyday!” Another reviewer wrote: “So this is
a so-called artist; very unreliable.”
Zhou Jie will spend some of her time weaving
‘plush toy’ shapes from iron wire.
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