Mad For Real | |
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 Jian Jun Xi & Cai Yuan outside the Fridericianum museum, Kassel, Germany. | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Known for | Performance art, installation art, intervention art |
| Notable work | Two Naked Men Jump into Tracey's Bed, Urination on Duchamp's Fountain |
Cai Yuan | |
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| Born | 1956 China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Nanjing College of Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Royal College of Art, London |
| Known for | Performance art, painting |
| Notable work | Two Naked Men Jump into Tracey's Bed |
Jian Jun Xi | |
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| Born | 1962 China |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | Central Academy of Applied Arts in Beijing, Goldsmiths College |
| Known for | Performance art |
| Notable work | Two Naked Men Jump into Tracey's Bed, Urination on Duchamp's Fountain |
Cai Yuan and Jian Jun Xi are two Chinese-born artists, based in Britain, who work together under the name Mad For Real. They have enacted (unofficial) events at the Venice Biennale and the Turner Prize, where, in 1999, they jumped onto Tracey Emin's My Bed installation. Originally finding fame as performance artists specialising in art intervention, they have since diversified, engaging in numerous works in both Asia and Europe.