Archive for May, 2008
The gymnast as an artist
Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Li Wei, son of a farmer turned performance artist…and amazing gymnast…
“He delivered food and worked as a housekeeper, an experience he says was key to his artistic vision.”
Certainly a phallic theme going on here and unfortunately, his piece, It Would Not Die Away Such doesn’t seem to have been photographed. He covered himself in earth and lay in a bed, with only his erect penis visible.
