Jan's research on Zhang Huan and Andy Warhol

Zhang Huan

Body = Material of arts

Zhang Huan was born in 1965 in Anyang, Henan Province, China, and currently lives and works in Shanghai and New York. He was active in Beijing in the 1990’s, where he was considered one of the foremost avant-garde artists in the country.

WINDOW

The space that Zhang Huan uses to perform his work is unclear whether it is public or private. It seems to be more public because the area is in the corner of a building with the red window next to him. While it can be seems that he is trying to create private space where his action is completely recognised as something to do privately.

The diagrams indicate the gradients of wall and the ground which shows the pressure to the performer that he has no escape

65 kg

The performance shows that he is the masochism artist. The performance demonstrates Zhang huan was roped and stressed to the ceiling and let the blood dripping down. It gives audience the feelings of uncomfortable, disgusting, tension and violent There is also some senses like smell of blood dripping and the sight of how he was tortured himself that building up more emotions to the audience. 

The room seemed to be compressed by atmosphere. The radius shows how the tension was create from the middle of the room where Zhang Huan let his blood dripping. The only opening is the big window which allows natural light to go through.

The diagram shows Audience's point of view to the performer contrasting to the blood that dripping down.

Andy Warhol

exaggerated colors and scale

Andy Warhol, born in Pittsburgh in 1928, was an American artist and filmmaker. He is the figure head of the pop art movement of the 1960s. Warhol brought focus to the banality of the commercial culture of the United States, creating and then pushing the artist envelope of his time. He became a worldwide celebrity, befriending and doing business with people in the highest social ranks.

Campbell’s Soup Can

Campbell's Soup Can is one of Andy Warhol's most famous art work. The technique that he used is the reproduction of mass products that is repetition of "everyday item" that turns into "high art". Since it is an unexpected piece of art that Andy Warhol brings into his name which upgraded its quality. As well as the gallery that he exhibits his work together with many other famous works, bringing up painting's popularity and price.

"things you use every day and never think about...." Andy Warhol

the diagram shows how the painting was created and put it into the gallery which upgraded his art's quality.

Marilyn Monroe

It is a reproduction of a portrait of a person who already famous. The work sold under his name den his works do not need to have meanings behinds which emphasised the recontextualizes within framework. 

His arts were created using exaggerated colours and scales that make the painting look unrealistic.