Earlier Chinese artists would have asked us to approach religious figures with veneration.

"They're the kind of questions any artist in the 20th century would be asking himself," he says.

Here, the artist is asking the viewer to complete the connection, whatever it may be.

On Facebook, the artist asked her fans which should be her next single.

"We're saying no to high guarantees that artists are asking."

They are worth whatever the artist asks for them, if you want them enough to pay his price.

"He didn't like lending them out - but he would if the artist asked."

We live at a moment when artists have been asking the kinds of questions children ask - What is art?

"Every artist should ask, 'What is the point of doing what you already know?' "

"We will not sell it because the artists have asked us not to compete with them."