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Zhu Yu ( 朱昱 pinyin: Zhū Yù b. 1970) is a performance artist and alleged cannibal living in Beijing, China. Zhu graduated from the Affiliated High School of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1991. His work deals with subjects of contemporary art.
Zhu Yu. Chinese Artist- Performance Art. In 2000, the artist Zhu Yu shocked the world with Dinner – Eating People, a series of photographs documenting the artist calmly procuring, preparing and devouring what was identified as a six-month-old stillborn human foetus.
Zhu Yu is China’s most famous shock artist for whom ‘unconventional’ is an understatement. His stomach-churning installations and provocative performances have raised huge controversy, yet Zhu claims that his works critique his own and Chinese society’s moral values.
Zhu Yu, 'Separation', 2015, exhibition view. In 2000, the artist Zhu Yu shocked the world with Dinner – Eating People, a series of photographs documenting the artist calmly procuring, preparing and devouring what was identified as a six-month-old stillborn human foetus.
Jul 9, 2019 · The claim is false; the photo shows a 2000 performance art titled “Eating People” by the Chinese artist Zhu Yu, widely known for his controversial artwork.
May 2, 2021 · Circulated in the early 2000s with no caption and eventually the sick rumors of a uniquely alien and vilified country to most of the western world, Zhu Yu’s work became commonplace on the...
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