to raise the water level in a fish bowl

i will admit absolute unfamiliarity with zhang huan's work, but i found these two images next to the yan pei ming in that same sotheby's catalogue and have been divulging the internet for more evidence of his work since. his photographs have incredibly strong compositions and images, some even feeling inappropriate or even crude, but therein lies their poignant attraction. says zhang huan, "the body is the proof of identity. the body is language."