1980  –  1990

1983  Les Foins
1985  Four Paintings Created According to Random Instructions
1986  Event in Fujian / The Beard Is Easiest To Burn / Mona Vinci
1987  Class Assignment / Dust / Trousers with Firecrackers / Large Turntable with Four Wheels / Kitchen / Manuscript Goes Through the Wall / Rubens’ Lion Bites Rubens’ Horse /
The History of Chinese Painting and the History of Modern Western Art Washed in the Washing Machine for Two Minutes
1988  Eatable Portrait of the Artist / Jacket / Library / Pulling at the National Art Gallery in Beijing / Roulette Wheel with Six Criteria
1989 Reptiles

垛草, LES FOINS, 1983 
Oil on canvas, plaster, wood
120 x 110 x 18 cm

非表达绘画(按照随机指令创作的四幅画)
FOUR PAINTINGS CREATED ACCORDING TO RANDOM INSTRUCTIONS, 1985
Oil on four canvases, wood, ink and felt-tip pen on A4 paper, paint
Each of 4 paintings: 213,4 x 152,4 cm
Wheel: 91,4 x 91,4 x 91,4 cm
Wooden panel: 56 x 93 cm
Exhibition view House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005

胡子最易燃
THE BEARD IS EASIEST TO BURN, 1986
Four burned photocopies on paper
29,9 x 22,2 cm each
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005

发生在福建省美术展览馆的事件展览
THE EVENT EXHIBITION THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE FUJIAN MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 1986
with 焦耀明  Jiao Yaoming, 林嘉华 Lin Jiahua, 俞晓刚 Yu Xiaogang

Rubbish found outside the museum (cement, metal, wood, tile, vase…)
Fujian Museum of Fine Arts, Fuzhou, China, 1986

是自画像还是达芬奇还是蒙娜丽莎
MONA VINCI, 1986-1987
Oil on unstretched canvas, light box, photographic reproduction of a self-portrait of Leonardo Da Vinci and a portrait of Mona Lisa on the back mounted on glass plate
Painting: 104,9 x 123,9 cm
Light box: 33,1 x 27,9 x 12,7 cm
Exhibition view House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
Collection M+ Museum, Hong Kong

课堂作业, CLASS ASSIGNMENT, 1987-1988 
Canvas, pen shavings
127 x 166 x 3 cm
Xiamen, China

鞭炮裤子
TROUSERS WITH FIRECRACKERS, 1987
Performance in Xiamen, China
Trousers, firecrackers, cardboard, black-and-white photograph
80 x 104,1 x 5,1 cm
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

厨房, KITCHEN, 1987
Spattered cooking oil on canvas, teakettle, stove
163,1 x 144,1 x 34,9 cm
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

灰尘, DUST, 1987
Dust on paper, wooden box
100 x 150 x 200 cm
(1) View from the artist’s studio, 1987
(2) Exhibition view House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
Collection M+ Museum, Hong Kong

四个轮子的大转盘
LARGE TURNTABLE WITH FOUR WHEELS, 1987
Painted wood
90 x 120 x 120 cm
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
Collection Guan Yi Art Documentation

手稿穿于墙上
MANUSCRIPT GOES THROUGH THE WALL, 1987
22 wooden slats, ink on paper
Each paper: 19 x 25 cm
Each wooden slat: 185 x 5 x 1 cm
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005

↑ 鲁本斯的狮子吃鲁本斯的马
RUBEN’S LION BITES RUBEN’S HORSE, 1987
Paint on canvas, off-set lithograph on paper in light box
Painting: 208,9 x 126,1 cm
Exhibition view House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, 2008
Collection Guanyi Art Documentation
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《中国绘画史》和《现代绘画简史》在洗衣机里搅拌了两分钟
THE HISTORY OF CHINESE PAINTING AND THE HISTORY OF MODERN WESTERN ART WASHED IN THE WASHING MACHINE FOR TWO MINUTES, 1987-1993
Chinese tea box, paper pulp, glass
76,8 x 48,3 x 69,9 cm
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

救生衣, JACKET, 1988
Papier-mâché
40 x 25 x 65 cm
Xiamen, China

拖中国美术馆计划
PULLING AT THE NATIONAL ART GALLERY IN BEIJING, 1988
Ink and color photographs on paper
Each paper: 29,5 x 21 cm
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005

可以吃的艺术家肖像
EATABLE PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, 1988
Minced pork

六走向小转盘, ROULETTE WHEEL AT SIX CRITERIA, 1988
Ink on wood, found bag, white photograph
50 x 40 x 15,9 cm
Exhibition House of Oracles: A Huang Yong Ping Retrospective, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA, 2005
Collection M+ Hong Kong

书橱, LIBRARY, 1988
Papier-mâché, wood, books, glass
27,5 x 80,2 x 188,5 cm

爬行物, REPTILES, 1989
Papier-mâché, three washing machines
700 x 400 x 300 cm
Exhibition view Magiciens de la Terre, Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris, France, 1989