Cao Hui

Cao Hui 

Visual Temperature - Sofa

Resin, fiber, etc. 2008

http://www.linlingallery.com/eng/artist_work.php?id=33&bb=7&pid=483&currentpage=

Visual Temperature - Foot

Resin, fiber, etc. 2008

http://www.va-gallery.com/eng/artists/cao-hui/

Unwrap Yourself - Sheep 4

Resin, fiber, etc. 2007

http://www.artnet.com/artwork/426026354/80423/cao-hui-unwrap-yourself---sheep-4.html

Urinals

Cast porcelain. 2001

Cao Hui was born 1968 in Kunming, China, and currently works out of Beijing, China. He has both a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in art and sculpture, respectively, and has served as a lecturer in the Sculpture Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing since 2000. His work is monumental, often life-size or larger, and deals with organic matters: half-flayed animals, inanimate objects made of very animate things, and grotesque, cringe-worthy depictions of our own body parts, but can also deal with humor - Urinals refers to Duchamp's infamous urinal, but was also created to be humorous. 

I chose this artist to write about because his work is difficult to look at. It's hard to imagine sometimes what's inside of ourselves and his work is a look inside of ourselves, and then a look into the darker sides of our everyday world. I like how he uses the visceral to create a world for himself to create from, and the results of his efforts are thought-provoking even past their shock value.