Wang began his career as a stage actor at the Changchun Theater when he was 24. However, as the entertainment industry continued to develop and theater gradually lost its popularity in Changchun, 49-year-old Wang and his family decided to move to Beijing to continue pursuing his love of theater.<\/p>\n
However, life in Beijing was tough. Unable to find traditional acting jobs, Wang began developing his own unique form of silent performance art.<\/p>\n
During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he built a name for himself in Beijing and performed overseas in places such as Germany, France, and South Korea.<\/p>\n
With his performances often involving painting himself and standing still for hours at a time Wang began hitting the gym at age 50.<\/p>\n
“I worked out for four hours a day at the time and it took me three years to make my body look like a sculpture,” Wang said in an interview with the Yangtze Evening Post. According to him, he continues to work out at least two hours every day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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