Yan Xing, Arty, Super-Arty

The body, a keyword in Yan Xing’s practice, is both an object of the gaze and the subject of performative action. The question of how to unite these two sides has given direction to Yan Xing’s recent work. The scene staged in Arty, Super-Arty comes from Edward Hopper’s masterpiece Nighthawks, which Yan Xing has incorporated into the context of lived reality through this appropriation of the art system and art history.

This artwork was featured in the UCCA exhibition "ON | OFF: China’s Young Artists in Concept and Practice, ” 2013