
1995–1997
wood, water and Chinese medicine derived from animal and mineral matter
Two large, hollow, wooden, gourd-like forms are displayed on a wooden floor. A small pile of dark, spherical objects is scattered in the foreground. Two large, hollow, wooden, gourd-like forms are displayed on a wooden floor. A small pile of dark, spherical objects is scattered in the foreground. Huang Yong Ping (born 1954, Fujian, died 2019, France) graduated from the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou in 1982. In 1989, he emigrated to Paris, where he lived and worked until his death in 2019. Huang is best known for founding Xiamen Dada and for reworking architectural and animal forms into complex, provocative installations that challenge the viewer to reconsider art and national identity in recent history.
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