Zhu Yu (artist) 732725 205771000 2008-04-15T12:17:07Z MER-C 1749459 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/66.229.140.246|66.229.140.246]] ([[User talk:66.229.140.246|talk]]) to last version by Waacstats '''Zhu Yu''' (b. 1971<ref name="skynews">"[http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-12214193,00.html 'Artist' Eats Baby On TV]." (January 2, 2003). ''Sky News.'' Retrieved July 8, 2006.</ref>) is a [[performance art]]ist 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 [[photography|photographs]] of him cooking and eating what is alleged to be a [[human]] [[fetus]]. <ref name="snopes">Mikkelson, Barbara. (June 19, 2001). "[http://www.snopes.com/horrors/cannibal/fetus.htm Fetus Feast]. ''Urban Legends Reference Pages.'' Retrieved July 8, 2006.</ref> One picture, [[List of internet phenomena|circulated on the internet]] via [[e-mail]] in [[2001]], provoked investigations by both the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] and [[Scotland Yard]]. <ref name="snopes" /> The piece's [[cannibalism|cannibalistic]] theme caused a stir in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] when Yu's work was featured on a [[Channel 4]] [[documentary film|documentary]] exploring Chinese [[modern art]] in [[2003]]. <ref name="bbc">"[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2624797.stm Baby-eating art show sparks upset]." (January 3, 2003). ''BBC News.'' Retrieved July 8, 2006.</ref> 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". <ref name="bbc" /> Yu has claimed that he used an actual fetus which was stolen from a [[medical school]]. <ref name="art">Rojas, Carlos. (2002). [http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/pmc/text-only/issue.502/12.3rojas.txt Cannibalism and the Chinese Body Politic: Hermeneutics and Violence in Cross-Cultural Perception]. ''Post Modern Culture, 12 (3).'' Retrieved July 8, 2006.</ref> 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]], though this cannot be proven. <ref name="snopes" /> ==References== <references /> ==See also== * [[Child cannibalism]] ==External links== [http://www.heretical.com/cannibal/china.html Reports of Contemporary Cannibalism in China] (pics) <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Yu, Zhu |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = |SHORT DESCRIPTION = [[China|Chinese]] [[conceptual artist]] who caused great [[controversy]] with a project that featured what appeared to be[[cannibalism]]. |DATE OF BIRTH = [[1971]] |PLACE OF BIRTH = [[China]] |DATE OF DEATH = |PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Zhu}} [[Category:Chinese artists]] [[Category:Performance artists]] [[Category:Conceptual artists]] [[Category:Internet memes]] [[Category:Cannibalism]] [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{China-bio-stub}} {{artist-stub}}