Artist He Yunchang took out a rib and made it into a necklace, and put it on his five favorite women. Does it look good?

Although this is an epoch-making event that respects individuality, and the artists’ behavior is quite paranoid and crazy, can everyone really accept it when faced with some personalities that go beyond psychological aesthetic ability? For example, the artist named He Yunchang, in order to complete his so-called art, performed a series of "artistic" behaviors that are really jaw-dropping, and even require a certain amount of psychological endurance for some groups. How crazy has he become?

He went to the hospital for surgery and asked the doctor to help him remove a rib so that he could use it to make his "artwork" necklace. After making the rib necklace, he was very satisfied with his work, but when seeing such an artist, people's attitudes were quite different.

1. An Excellent Oil Painting Student

He Yunchang had a talent for painting since he was a child, but he did not take it well in this art path, so he did crazy things with the help of art. . He himself thought that his behavior was very bold and artistic, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all. However, the way he mutilated himself made people feel numb when they saw it.

When he was in college, his behavior was no different. He was best at oil painting. As long as the works he produced were recognized and praised by his teachers and classmates. He graduated from Yunnan University of the Arts in 1991 and soon won the bronze medal at the "Eighth Art Exhibition". He seems to have a bright future. If he can continue to develop in the field of oil painting, he will be a shining star.

At that time, many famous people in the industry were very optimistic about him. Who knew that he finally gave up oil painting and made extremely crazy "performance art". It was also during this competition that he saw some performance art performances that fascinated him. In 1993, he finally joined the ranks of performance art and began his journey of "wonderful ideas". In fact, his understanding of art is still very high. After joining the performance art team, a year later he won the bronze medal at the "9th National Art Exhibition" with his work "Appointment for Tomorrow". The problem was that in the end he completely I let myself go.

2. Persuading the hospital to remove his ribs

After winning the award for "Appointment for Tomorrow", he completely entered the field of performance art and made various moves that shocked people. For example, after he read in the Bible that "the woman is the rib of the man", he actually ran to the hospital and asked the doctor to remove his rib. Although he couldn't create a woman no matter how crazy he took out his ribs, he made necklaces out of his own ribs and put them on his five favorite women.

At first, when he went to the hospital to talk to the doctor about his thoughts, the doctor could not accept his crazy idea and suspected that he had a mental illness. For the next three years, he tried every means to convince doctors that he did not have a mental illness. After three years of negotiation, the hospital finally agreed to perform the most unnecessary surgery on him. On August 8, 2008, he got the rib removal surgery as he wished.

3. Crazy dedication to art

During the process of removing the ribs, a photographer recorded the entire process. It is not worth noting that this person has unusually heavy tastes. The hospital where he had his ribs removed also had the word "Adam" in its name, which is Kunmingya Hospital. He must have taken a fancy to that hospital. After successfully removing the ribs, he used them to make a necklace, and was very satisfied with the name he gave the necklace, "Yeguang".

How is He Yunchang’s rib necklace made? It was made with more than 400 grams of gold, and indeed only those close to him dared to wear it. After the necklace was made, he also invited his mother and current wife to take a group photo. More importantly, he even found his ex-wife and took a group photo with her.

In addition to the rib necklace, he also has other works, such as "Nirvana, Rebirth", which sounds like a good title, but in order to carry out this work, he hurt himself. In front of the National Gallery in Brussels, Belgium, he lit fire on himself and let the fire burn away all his clothes, but remained unscathed. It took him 24 hours to achieve his goal. His performance art is all about this kind of self-mutilation. Although people must be willing to devote themselves to art, the ultimate meaning of art is to cherish life.

Everyone knows that artists seem to be a crazy group, but if the madness goes too far, they are likely to become real madmen. If a lunatic has poor control, it is easy for him to continue to escalate and develop in a perverted direction. Perhaps He Yunchang's crazy behavior has also been appreciated by some people, who think that he is making bold innovations. But I can only say that although everyone has different aesthetics and tastes, there are always people with the same taste in the world.

So what does everyone understand by innovation? Bold, personal, unique enough? This is indeed an element of innovation, but it is not all elements of innovation.

No matter how novel ideas or complex elements innovation requires, at least one thing is indispensable! You must at least ensure your own health. Can a person who does not hesitate to harm himself to achieve so-called artistic effects really be appreciated by most people?