Zhang Huan

Zhang Huan succeeds in merging western art history with traditional Chinese culture into an independent hybrid in which he reflects and combines personal, social, political and cultural situations. In many of his performances he undergoes extreme burden to feel the the physical limitations of the human body. He mostly works with his own body and occasionally involves other people and sometimes animals in his performances. By theatrical exaggeration in his performance, Zhang Huan is able to visualize the cultural contrasts.