Sun Yuan & Peng Yu
Sun Yuan (born 1972) and Peng Yu (born 1974) are artists living and working collaboratively in Beijing.
Sun was born in Beijing and Peng in Heilongjiang. Sun and Peng are contemporary conceptual artists[1] whose work has a reputation for being confrontational – they have previously used live animals in their installations.[2]
As their contribution to the 2005 Venice Biennale, the duo invited Chinese farmer Du Wenda to present his home-made UFO at the Chinese Pavilion.[1] They won the Contemporary Chinese Art Award in 2001.[3]
Their 2009 solo exhibition, "Freedom", at Tang Contemporary in Beijing, was seen by some critics as a memorial to the Tiananmen Square incident. The installation featured a large fire-hose hooked to a chain that erupted water spray at a distance of 120 meters. .[4]
[edit] Selected exhibitions
2009
Unveiled: New Art Fom The Meaddle East, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2006
Liverpool Biennial, Tang Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK
2005
Venice Biennale
Mahjong: Chinese Contemporary Art from Uli Sigg Collection, Art Museum Bern, Switzerland
2004
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Australia: Asia Traffic, Asia-Australia Arts Centre
The Virtue and the Vice: le Moine et le Demon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
All Under Heaven: Ancient and Contemporary Chinese Art, The Collection of the Guy and Myriam Ullens Foundation, MuHKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
2003
Second Hand Reality: Post Reality, Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
2001
Get Out of Control, Berlin, Germany
Yokohama 2001 International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
[edit] References
- ^ a b Orbit.zkm.de
- ^ Marlow, Tim, The Independent, Visual Art: East meets West in new cultural revolution from FindArticles.com
- ^ ArtNet.com
- ^ Duff, Stacey, Time Out Beijing,"Of Corpse We Can"
[edit] External links
- The artists’ official site
- Sun Yuan and Peng Yu on ArtNet.com
- Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s contribution to the 2001 Yokohama Triennale
- Further information from the Saatchi Gallery
