Wild and kitsch imagery, and references to Japanese Butoh, LGBT culture, burlesque, raving, voguing and drugs are abundant in the work of artist Chen Tianzhuo. Working between performance, video, painting, installation and drawing, Chen's work delves into moral attitudes and social behaviours embedded within our materialistic culture. Bad taste and provocation are highly prized aesthetic principles. Icons of Tibetan Bhuddism sit alongside sex toys and fertility symbols in his theatrical installations, yet his works are celebrations, rather than critiques, of hedonistic youth culture.
