Zhu Yu (b. 1971 [1]) is a performance artist living in Beijing, China. His work deals with subjects of morality.
Yu's most famous piece of conceptual art, titled "Eating People," was performed at a Shanghai arts festival in 2000. It consisted of a series of photographs of him cooking and eating what is alleged to be a human *****. [2] One picture, circulated on the internet via e-mail in 2001, provoked investigations by both the FBI and Scotland Yard. [2] The piece's canabilistic theme caused a stir in Britain when Yu's work was featured on a Channel 4 documentary exploring Chinese modern art in 2003. [3] In response to the public reaction, Mr. Yu stated, "No religion forbids cannibalism. Nor can I find any law which prevents us from eating people. I took advantage of the space between morality and the law and based my work on it." [3] Yu has claimed that he used an actual ***** which was stolen from a medical school. [4] However, close scrutinization of the picture would seem to indicate that it was in fact assembled from the head of a doll attached to the body of a duck. [2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yu
Yu's most famous piece of conceptual art, titled "Eating People," was performed at a Shanghai arts festival in 2000. It consisted of a series of photographs of him cooking and eating what is alleged to be a human *****. [2] One picture, circulated on the internet via e-mail in 2001, provoked investigations by both the FBI and Scotland Yard. [2] The piece's canabilistic theme caused a stir in Britain when Yu's work was featured on a Channel 4 documentary exploring Chinese modern art in 2003. [3] In response to the public reaction, Mr. Yu stated, "No religion forbids cannibalism. Nor can I find any law which prevents us from eating people. I took advantage of the space between morality and the law and based my work on it." [3] Yu has claimed that he used an actual ***** which was stolen from a medical school. [4] However, close scrutinization of the picture would seem to indicate that it was in fact assembled from the head of a doll attached to the body of a duck. [2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Yu
