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At a time when body representation is ever-more contentious, artists discuss how they deal with the most challenging of materials

Working it: Artists including Donna Huanca and Antony Gormley debate the performative body

How can one work with the body – one’s own, and other people’s? In this panel discussion moderated by National Gallery Singapore’s curator Qinyi Lim, artists use the lens of performance to discuss how they approach the human figure. The politics of collaboration, performance as labor, and the tension between digital lives and physical experiences are among the themes tackled by this Conversation, which took place at <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/hong-kong">Art Basel Hong Kong</a> in March 2018.Participants: <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artist/15961/Donna-Huanca">Donna Huanca</a>, artist, Berlin; <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artist/7425/Antony-Gormley">Antony Gormley</a>, artist, London; <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/catalog/artist/24306/Melati-Suryodarmo">Melati Suryodarmo</a>, artist, and Artistic Director, Jakarta Biennale 2017, Jakarta; and Xavier Cha, artist, New York.&nbsp;

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At a time when body representation is ever-more contentious, artists discuss how they deal with the most challenging of materials