Identity Fu, Mengxi 2012

Material Pink stickers x n Human body x 2 Tools: football, bicycle, snakes, fruits, books, glasses, pens, etc. Places : library, smoking area, classroom bedroom Size various

Artist statement “Name” is actually a symbol, letting people more conveniently and correctly describe an item; “body” is the carrier of name. Different people can give the same item different names. Who am I? People call me Mengxi, but maybe in someplace Mengxi means a kind of tree or a bowl of shit. So, “name” can make each item special, and form the boundary between them. If I break down the constitution, the boundary between each item will collapse. I found various places to perform. The limited spaces represent the whole world, which make a voice: Mengxi can be everything!

References William Kentridge

Reference Ann Hamilton

Reference Adrian Piper

Mengxi can be everything!

Citations William Kentidge, Caged Man from Zeno at 4 A.M One from a series of nine aquatint and drypoints, plate: 9 3/4 x 7 13/16" (24.7 x 19.8 cm); sheet: 14 x 11 5/8" (35.6 x 29.5 cm). Publisher: David Krut Fine Art, Johannesburg and New York. 1st Nov, 2012 William Kentridge, Act1, Scene 2, from the portfolio Ubu Tells the Truth, 1996; Hardground, softground, aquatint, drypoint, and engraving; Collection of the artist 1st Nov,2012http://artsfuse.org/57607/anti-entropy-and-uncle-order-a-dispatch-from-william-kentridges-sixth-norton-lectures/ William Kentridge, Act III, Scene 9, from the portfolio Ubu Tells the Truth, 1996; Hardground, softground, aquatint, drypoint, and engraving; Collection of the artist; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1st Nov,2012http:// San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Ann Hamilton. "kaph," detail, 1997 Installation at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas Curved tearing walls, mounded dirt covered with cloth on tables, mechanized trapeze, seated figure, silk gloves, embroidered with numbers, dimensions variable Photo by Paul Hester Nov, 2012http://blog.art21.org/2010/08/03/the-paradoxical-art-of-inception/ Ann Hamilton, book weight, 2008 Carl Solway Archival inkjet print, 44 x 34 inches 1st, Nov, 2012http:// Ann Hamilton body object series #13, toothpick suit/chair, 1984,gelatin silver print, printed 1993,11 x 11 cm (4 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)National Gallery of Art, Washington,Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection 1st, Nov, 2012http://intothinice.blogspot.com/p/research.html Adrian Piper, Vanilla Nightmare#13, 1986, Kohlezeichnung auf Zeitungspapier Courtesy Adrian Piper und Paula Cooper Gallery, New Yorkhttp:// 1st Nov, 2012 Adrian Piper, Vanilla Nightmares #10, 1986, Drawings and Watercolors, Drawings | charcoal, oil crayon on newspaper Walker Art Centerhttp://artsconnected.org/resource/89879/vanilla-nightmares-10http://artsconnected.org/resource/89879/vanilla-nightmares-10 1st Nov, 2012 Adrian Piper, Art for the Art World Surface Pattern1976;1987 installation | mixed-media installation with custom wallpaper, stenciled text, and audio tape 84 in. x 60 in. x 60 in. ( cm x cm x cm),Acquired 2001,Collection SFMOMA,Purchase through a gift of Shawn and Brook Byers San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1st Nov, 2012http:// San Francisco Museum of Modern Art