Cao Yu (artist)

Cao Yu
曹雨
Born	1988 (age 36–37) Liaoning
Known for	Installation art, video art, sculpture, performance art，photography, painting

Cao Yu (Chinese: 曹雨; pinyin: Cáo Yǔ; born 1988; BFA & MA, Sculpture, Central Academy of Fine Arts) is a contemporary artist whose work span a diverse range of media that encompass installation, sculpture, Photography, video and performance and painting.

Biography

Cau Yu was born in Liaoning province. She lives and works in Beijing.^[citation needed]

Career

Spring was Yu's graduate school presentation at the Central Academy of Fine Arts was, which drew art world attention.[1] Fountain, was later displayed on a vertical HD screen, shows a continuous moving-image loop of the artist expressing milk from her breasts. The sequence lasts 9 minutes. Cao Yu made the piece soon after giving birth.[2] According to the artist, "Fountain appears beautiful and explosive, but to me it's about pain. The frequent pain from mastitis forced me to release the milk trapped in my body. At that moment I felt how amazing my body is, and I wanted to create a fountain by using my body as a vessel."[3] Art historical influences include Marcel Duchamp's Fountain (1917), Bruce Nauman's Self-Portrait as a Fountain (1966),[3][4] [5] and Ingres' The Source (1856).[3][6]^[better source needed][7]^[better source needed][8]^[better source needed] Another work Dragon Head was shown in the Empowerment exhibition of women artists at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg，Salzburg，Germany.[9] In 2022, she was interviewed by the German magazine Monopol.[10]

Her work has been exhibited at several venues including MAK Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria; Palais-de-Tokyo, Paris, France; Konfuzius-Institut Nürnberg-Erlangen, Nuremberg, Germany; Artspace, Sydney, Australia; Minsheng Art Museum, China; Martina Tauber Fine Art, Munich, Germany; Camera Club New York, US; Diskurs，Berlin，Germany; Today Art Museum, Beijing, China; etc.^[citation needed]

In 2018, she won the Best Young Artist of the Year·The 12th AAC Award.[11]^[better source needed]

Collections

Her work is included in the M+ Collection, Hong Kong.[12]

Publications by the artist

• I Have an Hourglass Waist, 2017, Galerie Urs Meile ISBN 978-3-906134-38-3

References

1. Qiu, (邱苑婷), Yuanting (9 June 2021). "Cao Yu: The Offense of Art". Southern People Weekly. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
2. Guest, Luise (2020-09-01). "Show and Tell: Cao Yu's Gendered Embodiment". Ran Dian. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
3. "Cao Yu 曹雨 – A Wonderful State of Androgyny". Loreli. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
4. "ArtAsiaPacific: Why The Performance". artasiapacific.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
5. "Whitney Museum of American Art: Bruce Nauman: Self Portrait as a Fountain". collection.whitney.org. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
6. Meile, Galerie Urs (9 September 2016). "Cao Yu – Fountain (2015)". Retrieved 27 February 2023.
7. "Cao Yu | Fountain, 2015".
8. Rits-Volloch, Rachel. "Cao Yu: Portrait of the Artist with an Hourglass Waist". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
9. "Empowerment September 10, 2022 – January 08, 2023". Kunstmuseum Wolfburg. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
10. Buhr, Elke (27 September 2022). "Künstlerin Cao Yu über Feminismus "Vergesst Gender!"". Monopol (in German). Retrieved 26 February 2023.
11. "Power & Purpose : Gen.T (China): Cao Yu: Artist". Tatler. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
12. "Cao yu". M+ Collection. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

External links

• China Internet Information Center (art.china.cn)|
• Künstlerin Cao Yu über Feminismus: "Vergesst Gender!
• Empowerment