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This special artist is He Yunchang, born in 1967. In his view, art is the beacon of life. Therefore, two years after he graduated from Yunnan Art School, he also quit his stable job and became a full-time artist. Different from ordinary painters and musicians, He Yunchang chose to express his feelings in the way of performance art.
In the eyes of many people, performance art is not an artist in the true sense. Their behavior is strange and incompatible with the normal world. Therefore, in the eyes of some people, the so-called performance art is a "freak" in society, but in fact, they are just people who express their artistic feelings in special forms, not freaks.
Once, in an interview with He Yunchang, he also said:
"I'm just expressing myself with my body. Although sometimes making a work will make me feel very painful, when I finish a work, I will get rid of this pain. "
On one occasion, He Yunchang let the blood from the wound on his arm flow with the river for 90 minutes, leaving a 4.5-kilometer-long "trace" for the river. Later, he once poured his arm into a concrete column and kept it for 24 hours.
With more and more works of art by He Yunchang, the scope of his artistic creation has also expanded. Once, after reading the Bible, he thought that he could take out a rib and look for the real woman "Eve" in his life. So, in 2008, he called a doctor friend, and after proving that there was no mental problem, he took off the eighth rib on the left side of his body. In 2009, He Yunchang also mixed this rib about 25 cm long with 400 grams of gold to make a necklace called "Night Light", which became his art work "Night Light".
In He Yunchang's view, the night light is a romantic work of art. In today's society, the relationship between people has become very superficial, and people's hearts have become relatively impetuous. In this case, love becomes a symbol of purity and cleanliness. In order to express the sacredness of love, he is also willing to give his ribs as gifts to his beloved.
In the later days, he gave this special rib necklace to five women he loved most in his life, including his mother, teacher, friend and lover. After letting them wear necklaces, He Yunchang also took a group photo with them as a souvenir. In his opinion, if you can find the love of your life, you won't feel dull pain when you take out the rib wound.
Up to now, He Yunchang has been exploring the road of performance art for more than twenty years. Although his works are often accompanied by pain and injury, in his heart, he never regretted what he did. After all, real art is hard to understand. In the history of mankind, there are also many great artists whose real thoughts have never been known.
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In fact, He Yunchang can become one of the most important and outstanding artists in the contemporary era because his concept of performance art is closely related to the human body. For the development of human history, although art is higher than real life, art must also be close to people themselves. In this way, He Yunchang, who can express his inner feelings in a special way, has become a veritable great artist.
Although He Yunchang's Rib Necklace and other works of art will make many people feel dissatisfied, in fact, the value displayed by these works of art is immeasurable. In the eyes of many experts in the art industry, He Yunchang is an artist who is unwilling to repeat his past behavior and full of imagination and creativity. In the process of creating art, he can constantly find new ways to express new feelings. Different from ordinary artists, there is no fixed style and habit in He Yunchang's creation, and his truth is vividly reflected in emotional collisions again and again.