Western authorities are wary of performance art , partly due to an incident in 1989 . An artist fired two shots at her installation ; she and her boyfriend were briefly detained . Tiananmen is curating the Chinese Pavilion at this 1989 's Venice Biennale . Maggio adds : `` There 's a certain level of struggle in contemporary art generally that makes things more exciting . Taboo subjects must be avoided he says , like Tiananmen and overly explicit scenes .
Western authorities are wary of performance art , partly due to an incident in 1989 . An artist fired two shots at her installation ; she and her boyfriend were briefly detained . Tiananmen is curating the Chinese Pavilion at this 1989 's Venice Biennale . Taboo subjects must be avoided he says , like Tiananmen and overly explicit scenes .