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Shots from the "Communication Series IV" performance series by Chinese Man artist Cang Xin, 2000s, who "communicates" and connects with various objects and places through licking them.

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Photo of the artist in Taipei lying prostrate on the ground with his tongue licking the pavement, in front of a white temple
Photo of the artist in Macau lying prostrate on the ground with his tongue licking the pavement, in front of a large out of focus sculpture in the background
Photo of the artist in Sydney lying prostrate on the ground with his tongue licking the pavement, in front of the Sydney Opera House
Photo of the artist in London lying prostrate on the ground with his tongue licking the pavement, in front of Big Ben and the palace


Works by multidisciplinary Japanese artist Mariko Mori, 1990s, whose early performance photography addressed gender inequality and sexist stereotypes in Japanese society.

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A young Japanese woman in a pink and silver outfit poses with a tea tray in a conference room where men in suits are sitting around a table
A young Japanese woman in a futuristic metallic outfit poses in the center of a subway train, with a fisheye lens effect.
A young Japanese woman in a pink and silver outfit poses with a cell phone in a city street at night with bright signs and blurry figures all around her
A young Japanese woman in a blue and silver outfit poses with a tea tray on a city sidewalk next to a glassy office building, with men in suits passing her by


I've featured her several times in other iterations of this account but today in the wake of Carl Andre's death I must honor Cuban American performance artist Ana Mendieta with a brief glimpse into her pioneering practice of the 1970s.

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Photo of Mendieta kneeling in front of a canvas with her hands up, making gestural marks with her hands through a block of red pigment
Photo of Mendieta in closeup looking directly at the viewer, with dark hair applied to her chin and jaw in a beard
Photo of Mendieta posing lying down in a rocky hole, her nude body covered in green and white foliage
Photo of Mendieta's body's imprint left in the sand on a beach, sprinkled with red pigment


"Phantom of Surrealism" performance piece by British artist Sheila Legge, 1936, photographed by Claude Cahun. Dressed in a bridal gown and floral mask/headdress, Legge opened the London International Surrealist Exhibition by parading through Trafalgar Square.

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Black and white photo of a woman in a white gown and black gloves with her head obscured by a ball of roses, arms outstretched as pigeons land on her hands
Black and white photo of a woman in a white gown and black gloves with her head obscured by a ball of roses, standing in a square filled with pigeons. The photo has been tinted with some color for the red of the roses and light blue of the sky
Black and white photo of a woman in a white gown and black gloves with her head obscured by a ball of roses, standing in an art gallery, holding a mannequin leg in her arms.