Eat Me

Artist Zhang Huan creates an exclusive NFT artwork for the Tatler cover, and discusses his performance art in both the real world and the meta one

By Aaina Bhargava

Performance artist Zhang Huan is known for pushing his body to its limits. In 1994, he slathered fish oil and honey on his naked body, attracting flies as he sat on a toilet in the filthiest public restroom in a village in China. The same year, he suspended himself from a ceiling wrapped in chains as two doctors drew his blood, which slowly trickled down onto a hot plate, sizzling as it landed. Before Lady Gaga stunned the world with her meat dress at the 2010 MTV music awards, Zhang walked around New York City in 2002, releasing doves into the air while dressed in a full-body suit made entirely of raw beef. Visceral and jarring, his art has always been a deeply physical experience for both himself and his…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2022

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