{"id":161231,"date":"2013-08-08T22:33:46","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T05:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=161231"},"modified":"2013-08-08T22:35:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T05:35:08","slug":"artists-take-on-sexual-abuse-turns-ugly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/08\/artists-take-on-sexual-abuse-turns-ugly\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist\u2019s Take on Sexual Abuse Turns Ugly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Didi Kristen Tatlow writes about an attack on artist Yan Yinhong\u00a0during a live show in Hai\u2019an. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/07\/world\/asia\/07iht-letter07.html\">\u201cLife imitated art, startlingly and crudely,\u201d when Yan, who was performing a dance piece about sexual violence against women<\/a><\/strong> was assaulted by two men who rushed the stage:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Did she report it to the police? No: \u201cHow could you report that here?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, their interference showed the vileness of society, and our society is vile,\u201d Ms. Yan said in a telephone interview.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The offenders are both Beijing artists who were known to the organizer of the event. There was a similar, though less violent, interference in another female artist\u2019s performance the same day. The incidents demonstrate deep-seated problems in the way women are seen and treated in the Chinese modern art scene, as well as society in general.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is what Ms. Li concluded from the assaults on her and Ms. Yan: \u201cIf the artists had been men, such interference would have been unlikely,\u201d she said, summarizing comments she posted on an online art magazine, igniting debate. \u201cBut it seems that people are used to not respecting women\u2019s wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026]Writing on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/artintern.net\/\" target=\"_\">Artintern.net<\/a>, the artist and critic Wu Wei challenged Ms. Li\u2019s interpretation. Mr. Wu concluded that the men\u2019s actions were a form of interactive art, though he conceded that at one point one man may have overstepped a boundary \u2014 when he unzipped his fly and took out his penis, a moment also confirmed by Ms. Yan. Even that \u201cbasically fit the meaning and needs of the piece,\u201d Mr. Wu wrote.[<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/07\/world\/asia\/07iht-letter07.html\">Source<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didi Kristen Tatlow writes about an attack on artist Yan Yinhong\u00a0during a live show in Hai\u2019an. \u201cLife imitated art, startlingly and crudely,\u201d when Yan, who was performing a dance piece about sexual violence against women was assaulted by two men who rushed the stage: Did she report it to the police? 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