Cai Yuan and Jian Jun Xi
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Cai Yuan and Jian Jun Xi are two Chinese-born artists, based in Britain, who work together under the name Mad For Real. They have enacted events at the Venice Biennale and the Turner Prize, where, in
Jian Jun Xi & Cai Yuan outside the Fridericianum museum, Kassel, Germany.
Yuan Cai and Jian Jun Xi performing at the Bluecoat Arts Centre, Liverpool.
Art intervention
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Art intervention is an interaction with a previously existing artwork, audience, venue/space or situation. It is in the category of conceptual art and is commonly a form of performance art. It is asso
Cai Yuan and Jian Jun Xi
…the Turner Prize, where, in 1999, they jumped onto Tracey Emin's My Bed installation. Originally finding fame as performance artists specialising in art intervention, they have since diversified, engaging in numerous works in both Asia and Europe. Born in China, Cai Yuan (1956) and JJ Xi (1962), have been based in…
"Cloudburst of material possessions" Leonardo Da Vinci with the inscription – "Oh human misery, how many things you must serve for money" Royal Collection.
"This is worse" 1812–15 etchings of war published after Goya's death
Construction drawing - La Restinga II, El Hierro, 1983
Stuckist artists dressed as clowns intervene at the Turner Prize, Tate Britain, in 2000