Journey of a Yellow Man No.5: Index to Freedom
| Artist | Lee Wen |
|---|---|
| Year | 1994 |
| Medium | color photograph, oil, felt, xerox copy, wood panel, chain, bag, bed, bird cage, sake bottle, bowl |
| Dimentions | 19.4×14.4×- |
| Country | Singapore |
| Collection no. | 341 |
| Explanation | Lee Wen is a performance artist who was born in Singapore. This work is the 5th installation- performance series "Journey of a Yellow Man" which he did continuously from the 1990s journeying through the world. He painted his body in yellow, wore a red chain and carried white rice in his hand. Through this performance, he questions his identity as a person living in the multi-ethnic country of Singapore, and looks for freedom from the various social power system that binds him like a chain, while also commenting on the bottomless consumption of food and its crisis caused by us who take rice as our staple diet. |
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