6 settembre 2007 - 20 gennaio 2008; New York
Asia Society Museum presents the first-ever museum retrospective of Zhang Huan, one of the most important and widely recognized Chinese artists working in the United States and China. Zhang Huan: Altered States includes 55 of the artist’s major works produced over the past 15 years in Beijing, New York and Shanghai including photographs and sculpture. Born in 1965 in An Yang, Henan Province, China, Zhang Huan is best-known for his controversial early works in performance art. When he began his career in Beijing, his performances focused on physical endurance, pushing the limits of what was acceptable to authorities in the early 1990s, post-Tiananmen. In 1998, he moved to New York where he saw greater freedoms and established his international career with larger-scale performances that often involved the participation of scores of volunteers. Last year, Zhang Huan moved to Shanghai, abandoning performance art in favor of works in sculpture, installation art and painting. Many of these show greater connections to Chinese heritage and history. The exhibition is organized around these three distinct phases of the artist’s work. Morgan Stanley is the lead sponsor of Zhang Huan: Altered States. Zhang Huan: Altered States is accompanied by a fully illustrated hardcover 177 page catalogue. To order: www.AsiaStore.org | Info: tel +1 212 2886400 fax +1 212 5178315 e-mail: info@asiasoc.org; www.AsiaSociety.org - Altered States - www.zhanghuan.com