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   [Date]: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:24:17 -0800
   [From]: Britta Erickson <britta2@leland.Stanford.EDU>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] sensation - the last laugh

Dear Kim and everyone else,

Kim wasn't sure quite how the Sensation debate ties into the Asia Pacific
region.  This is sort of a sideways tie-in, but that exhibition has
inspired a great many young Chinese artists.  They haven't seen the
exhibition but they have devoured the catalog, and there have been many
instances where they have outdone "Sensation" with the extent of the shock
value of their art.  Where British artists made installations with dead
animals, Chinese artists have been able to use dead humans and live
animals.  Frankly, I am glad I have not been in Beijing at the right time
to see those exhibitions, because I would have felt compelled to help the
animals, but I don't know if I would have been able to.  But anyway,
suffice it to say that "Sensation" has had far-reaching effects.

YOurs truly,

Britta

Britta Erickson, PhD
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