张念一直以行为艺术为人所知,其作品有其鲜明的针对性和批判性,从89年北京现代艺术展上揶揄理论的“孵蛋”及其后的蛋系列,到后来一系列作品对于城市、民工、非典、自我等等问题的追问,表现了张念在艺术创作中对生存环境和存在经历的关心。他不是那种以固有风格图式来应付生活变化的 Zhang Nian has always been known for his performance art. His works have their own sharp pertinence and criticalness. From his “hatching eggs” theory and his subsequent egg series at the Beijing Modern Art Exhibition in 1989 to a series of later The work’s questioning of urban, migrant workers, SARS, ego and others shows his concern for living environment and existent experience in artistic creation. He is not the kind of stereotype to deal with changes in life style