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Zhang Huan
1984 National Day No. 2
2010
Incense ash on linen
98 x 157 in.
On loan from private collector
Zhang Huan is one of the most recognizable and influential contemporary Chinese artists. In the 1990s, he created a series of landmark works such as "Adding One Meter to an Anonymous Mountain", "To Raise the Water Level in a Fishpond", "12m2","Family Tree" etc. through extreme physical expressions, which quickly drew widespread attention from the art world. After moving to the United States in 1998, Zhang Huan continued to deepen his ritualistic and visually stunning body art performances, making a name for himself on the international contemporary art stage with his radical and impactful avant-garde practices, and collaborating with many of the world's top galleries and museums.
In 2005, Zhang Huan returned to Shanghai to establish a studio and began to explore a more diverse artistic path. He shifted from behavioral expressions of Eastern philosophy to introspective and profound installations, sculptures, and oil paintings, established a unique "incense ash art" system. While constantly expanding the boundaries of media and concepts, he always adhered to taking personal life experiences and spiritual concepts as the core, forming a consistent, distinct and unified artistic language and worldview, and constructing a unique artistic DNA that belongs to Zhang Huan.
Widely exhibited worldwide, Zhang’s works can be found in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the San Diego Museum of Art; the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; and the Harvard University Art Museum, among others. Read more
In 2005, Zhang Huan returned to Shanghai to establish a studio and began to explore a more diverse artistic path. He shifted from behavioral expressions of Eastern philosophy to introspective and profound installations, sculptures, and oil paintings, established a unique "incense ash art" system. While constantly expanding the boundaries of media and concepts, he always adhered to taking personal life experiences and spiritual concepts as the core, forming a consistent, distinct and unified artistic language and worldview, and constructing a unique artistic DNA that belongs to Zhang Huan.
Widely exhibited worldwide, Zhang’s works can be found in the permanent collections of the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the San Diego Museum of Art; the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; and the Harvard University Art Museum, among others. Read more
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