CANG XIN (CHINA, B. 1967)

Name: To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain
Brand: CANG XIN (CHINA, B. 1967)
Price: 14000.00 USD
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Price Realised USD 17,500

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Closed: 29 May 2017

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To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain

CANG XIN (CHINA, B. 1967)

Price Realised USD 17,500

Closed: 29 May 2017

Price Realised USD 17,500

Closed: 29 May 2017

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CANG XIN (CHINA, B. 1967)
To Add One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain
signed, numbered, and dated '1995 Cang Xin 8/10', signed and titled in Chinese (reverse)
gelatin silver print
image: 62.6 x 93.2 cm. (24 ⅝ x 36 ¾ in.)
paper: 67.3 x 89.6 cm. (26 ½ x 35 ¼ in.)
Executed in 1995
edition 8/10

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Private Collection, New York, USA

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Lot Essay

As one of China’s most celebrated performance artists, Cang Xin approaches his work as a means to promote harmonious communication with nature. was collaboratively conceived with Chinese contemporary artist, Zhang Huan. In an attempt to add a meter to the mountain's height, several artists volunteered to lay their naked bodies atop one another at the summit of Miaofeng Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing. Through this performance doing this, the artists question the relationship between humanity and nature, asking if our actions make any difference. The body itself and the power of accumulated bodies (or rather lack of power when compared with a massive geological structure) are in dialogue with one another in this piece.