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½ Series
1998
Zhang Huan
Zhang Huan (Chinese, b. 1965)
Photography
½ Series, 1998. Zhang Huan (Chinese, b. 1965). Chromogenic print; paper: 119.4 x 104.1 cm (47 x 41 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2012.100 This work was inspired by the market in Beijing where Zhang Huan ate breakfast every morning. “I could see rows and rows of ribs on sale at different stalls. When I saw the ribs, I saw myself. Half of a person is his body and the other half is his soul.” The human body is meat, but so much more. The artist used his own body for this “concept photo,” a performance done for the camera without an audience.
- Maker/Artist
- Zhang Huan
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- chromogenic print
- Medium
- chromogenic, print
- Dimensions
- Paper: 119.4 x 104.1 cm (47 x 41 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Written in black ink on verso: "1/2 Zhang Huan (signed) 1998 [unidentified markings] ap 14/15"
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
- 2012.100
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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