- Sun Yuan & Peng Yu
Sun Yuan (born 1972) and Peng Yu (born 1974) are artists living and working collaboratively in
Beijing .Sun was born in
Beijing and Peng inHeilongjiang . Sun and Peng are contemporary conceptual artists [ [http://www.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/18 Orbit.zkm.de] ] whose work has a reputation for being confrontational – they have previously used live animals in their installations. [Marlow, Tim, The Independent, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20001119/ai_n14353576 Visual Art: East meets West in new cultural revolution] from [http://findarticles.com FindArticles.com] ]As their contribution to the 2005
Venice Biennale , the duo invited Chinese farmer Du Wenda to present his home-madeUFO at the Chinese Pavilion. [ [http://www.orbit.zkm.de/?q=node/18 Orbit.zkm.de] ] They won the "Contemporary Chinese Art Award" in 2001. [ [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424834628/sun-yuan--peng-yu.html ArtNet.com] ]elected Exhibitions
2006
"Liverpool Biennial", Tang Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK
2005
Venice Biennale
"Mahjong: Chinese Contemporary Art from Uli Sigg Collection", Art Museum Bern, Switzerland
2004
"Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video From China", Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
"Australia: Asia Traffic", Asia-Australia Arts Centre
"The Virtue and the Vice: le Moine et le Demon", Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
"All Under Heaven: Ancient and Contemporary Chinese Art", The Collection of the Guy and Myriam Ullens Foundation, MuHKA Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium
2003
"Second Hand Reality: Post Reality", Today Art Museum, Beijing
2001
"Get Out of Control", Berlin, Germany
Yokohama 2001 International Triennial of Contemporary Art, Yokohama, Japan
References
External links
*The artists’ [http://www.sunyuanpengyu.com/ official site]
*Sun Yuan and Peng Yu on [http://www.artnet.com/artist/424834628/sun-yuan--peng-yu.html ArtNet.com]
*Sun Yuan and Peng Yu’s contribution to the [http://universes-in-universe.de/car/yokohama/trien1/exh-hall/e-sun-peng.htm 2001 Yokohama Triennale]
*Further information from the [http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/yu_yuan.htm Saatchi Gallery]
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