Cao Yu (; born 1988; BFA & MA, Sculpture,
Central Academy of Fine Arts) is a
contemporary artist whose work span a diverse range of media that encompass
installation,
sculpture,
Photography,
video and
performance
A performance is an act of staging or presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment. It is also defined as the action or process of carrying out or accomplishing an action, task, or function.
Management science
In the work place ...
and
painting.
Biography
Cau Yu was born in
Liaoning
Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...
province. She lives and works in
Beijing.
Career
''Spring'' was Yu's graduate school presentation at the Central Academy of Fine Arts was, which drew art world attention.
''Fountain'', was later displayed on a vertical HD screen, shows a continuous moving-image loop of the artist expressing milk from her breasts. The sequence lasts 9 minutes. Cao Yu made the piece soon after giving birth.
According to the artist, "Fountain appears beautiful and explosive, but to me it's about pain. The frequent pain from
mastitis forced me to release the milk trapped in my body. At that moment I felt how amazing my body is, and I wanted to create a fountain by using my body as a vessel."
Art historical influences include
Marcel Duchamp's ''Fountain'' (1917),
Bruce Nauman's ''Self-Portrait as a Fountain'' (1966),
and
Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres ( , ; 29 August 1780 – 14 January 1867) was a French Neoclassicism, Neoclassical Painting, painter. Ingres was profoundly influenced by past artistic traditions and aspired to become the guardian of academic ...
'
''The Source'' (1856).
Another work ''Dragon Head'' was shown in the ''Empowerment'' exhibition of women artists at the
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg，Salzburg，Germany.
In 2022, she was interviewed by the German magazine Monopol.
Her work has been exhibited at several venues including MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria;
Palais-de-Tokyo, Paris, France; Konfuzius-Institut Nürnberg-Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany;
Artspace, Sydney, Australia; Minsheng Art Museum, China; Martina Tauber Fine Art, Munich, Germany; Camera Club New York, US; Diskurs，Berlin，Germany; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; etc.
In 2018, she won the Best Young Artist of the Year·The 12th AAC Award.
Collections
Her work is included in the
M+ Collection, Hong Kong.
Publications by the artist
* ''I Have an Hourglass Waist'', 2017, Galerie Urs Meile
References
External links
China Internet Information Center (art.china.cn)
Künstlerin Cao Yu über Feminismus: "Vergesst Gender!Empowerment
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Chinese women artists
1988 births
Living people