Wimbledon Guardian Angela Li
Posted In press,press 2014
“It would be too dangerous to exhibit in China”
Wimbledon Art College student Angela Li Zhenxiang flashes her knickers around
the world to explore levels of freedom
by Louisa Clarence-Smith, Reporter
A Wimbledon art student who travelled the world lifting her skirt to test levels
of freedom in different countries is exhibiting at a festival supported by
artist and activist Ai Weiwei.
Wimbledon Art College graduate Angela Li Zhenxiang flashed her knickers in front
of the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Swiss Alps and an Iranian mosque for
her video project, Culture Shock.
The 30-year-old Chinese artist rented out her room in Beulah Road, Wimbledon, to
afford flights to far-flung destinations where she recorded the rebellious act
during her three one-month holidays from her Fine Art masters course.
As a young woman from a restricted cultural background, I finally had freedom
when I came to London and I wanted to engage with that,” she said.
The performance artist survived on simple food and stayed with local people or
in basic hostels while travelling to assimilate herself in the foreign cultures.
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