Artfacts
Sep 3, 2021
Date03 Sep 2021 - 03 Sep 2021
Year 2021
Artist Hedy Zhang
Organizer Undercurrent
Venue Undercurrent70 John St, BrooklynNew York City, NYUnited States
A fitting excerpt from the artist's journal reads Are Chinese women and girls allowed to be angry? Zhang reflects upon the solidification of gender norms in China during the 1990s and the subsequent draconian delineation between those who fit into the hetero-patriarchal expectations and those who did not. In the wake of this period, we see many young Chinese artists like Hedy, and many of them women, finding ways to live, make and embody themselves in opposition to these societal constraints. In Zhang’s performance, we will see the artist garmented in the self-appointed persona of “SLUT”, utilizing a sexist and patriarchal lexicon to “introduce” herself to the audience. Playing with the power and politics and the inherent radicality of self-representation, Zhang wears a “costume” that inversely brings us closer to the truth.
/ Adriana Furlong
Resource: https://artfacts.net/exhibition/hedy-zhang:-i-am-a-slut-performance/984732