Yang Fudong

The plot of Yang Fudong''s first film describes the weakness of the human condition, man''s inability to understand the meaning of reality and to relate to it, identifying with a profound existential melancholy, an inevitable negative consequence of life in China today. This catalogue offers an in-depth look two recent video installations, The Revival of the Snake and Jiaer''s Livestock, which are among the artist''s most complex installations to date.