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Chinese artist given a year of hard labor “re-education” for having sex in public as an art exhibit (possibly NSFW)

Cheng Li, the artist in question, participated in a performance art show on March 20 revolving around the theme of “sensitive areas,” which featured pictures and performances in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tongzhou district in the capital. His live act, titled “Art Whore,” which includes sex scenes on a balcony and in a basement of the exhibition hall, has aroused dispute. Guo Zhenming, a 31-year-old artist, recalls that three days after the peaceful performance, Cheng and other artists were taken away by local policemen, and that Cheng remained in custody the following day.

Wang Zhenyu, Cheng’s attorney, stated that they were informed that Cheng had been sentenced to a year of re-education through labor on the charge that his “nude pornographic performance” triggered disorder.

Via