Zhang Huan
23 - 27 Oct 2013
ZHANG HUAN
Eternal Fetal Movement
23 - 27 October 2013
Yvon Lambert is pleased to announce the presentation of the monumental work, The Eternal Fetal Movement, of the Chinese artist, Zhang Huan at Petit Palais during the FIAC.
It is the first time that an installation of this importance is being shown in France: just like a cir- cular room, it embodies an eternal, solemn and respectful meditation place, around the human being and mourning. Composed of opening structure in eucalyptus wood of a diameter of 9 meters 5 (354,33 inch) and 3m61 of high (142,1 inch), this installation contains 4557 drawers and visitors may go inside the structure.
Inspired by the form and function of traditional Chinese medicine cabinets, the work becomes a maternal body enveloping the visitor and the holder of warm feelings, care and security. The prevalent themes, at the same time, universal and contextual which underline the entire work of Zhang Huan, are come together in this installation wich poignantly deals with birth, illness, and death yet also reincarnation.
Zhang Huan, unavoidable key figure of Chinese and International contemporary art, is now considered as one of the most important artists of his generation. Precursor artist of the per- formance movement in China, he moves in New York in 1988, where he builds until his return in China – more precisely in Shanghai – in 2006, a subversive work where the human body is always push to its limits.
He pursues, now, his aesthetics researches around the use of paint, photography, sculpture or even installation, using materials like burned incense ashes in Buddhism temples, animal skin, bronze and copper or elements strictly coming from traditional handicrafts; like sculpted doors. This variety of mode of expression allow him to deal with different subjects – landscapes, por- traits or revisited Buddhism statuary - in order to take a look at actual China and the relation the country keeps with its cultural and religious heritage.
Zhang Huan (Born in 1965 in Anyang, China), lives and works in Shangaï and New York.
Zhang Huan has been featured in numerous international solo exhibitions in the following museums and institu- tions (selection) : Palazzo Vecchio and the Fort du Belvedere, Florence, IT; Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT; Royal Academy, London, UK; White Cube, London, UK; Espace Louis Vuitton de Macao, CN; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art de Beijing, CN; Four Seasons Center for the performings arts, Toronto, CA. PAC Museum of Milan, IT; Museum of Contemporary Art of Taipei, CN; Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, CN; Art Museum of Shanghai, CN; Vancouver Art Gallery, CA; The Asia Society, New York, US; Norton Museum of Art, US...He also has participated to 6th Bienniale of Gwangju and the Whitney Bienniale in 2002.
Zhang Huan’s works (selection): MoMA, New York, US; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US; Guggen- heim Museum, New York, US.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US; Hara Museum of Contempo- rary Art, Tokyo, JP; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AU; Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, IL; Inothim Contem- porary Art Center, BR; S.M.A.K, Gent, BE; Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR; Philadelphia Museum of Art, US ; The Progressive Collection, Mayfield Village, US; REFCO INC. Chicago, USA ; Rubell Family Collection, Miami, US; The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP ; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, US ; Rose Art Museum, USA; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, SP ; Seattle Art Museum, US ; Museum of Art Lucerne, CH; Ulrich Museum of Art, US; Norton Museum of Art, US; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US; Museum of Contemporary Art, Leon, ES; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, US; Center of Contemporary Art, Malaga, ES; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, US; Columbus Museum of Art, US; Espirito Santo Bank, Lisboa, PT; Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK; The Charles Saatchi Collection, London, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US; Museum of Contemporary Art (Ordonez-Falcon Collection), Barcelona, ES; Louis Vuitton Fondation, Paris, FR; Museum of Casa Anadia, PT; Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, AU; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CN; Storm King Art Center, New York, US; Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Michigan, US; Asia Museum of Fukuoka, JP; Capital Research Company Collection, Hong Kong, CN; The Denver Art Museum, US; Emily Fisher Landau Collection, New York, US; The Marieluise Hessel Foundation Collection at Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, Annendale-on-Hudson, New York, US; The Kent and Vicki Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, US; Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, US; The Cleveland Museum of Art, US; Carmignac Fondation, Paris, FR ...
Zhang directed the lyric opera Semele of George Frédéric Haendel for the Royal Opera in Brussels, also pre-
sented in Beijing and Toronto.
Eternal Fetal Movement
23 - 27 October 2013
Yvon Lambert is pleased to announce the presentation of the monumental work, The Eternal Fetal Movement, of the Chinese artist, Zhang Huan at Petit Palais during the FIAC.
It is the first time that an installation of this importance is being shown in France: just like a cir- cular room, it embodies an eternal, solemn and respectful meditation place, around the human being and mourning. Composed of opening structure in eucalyptus wood of a diameter of 9 meters 5 (354,33 inch) and 3m61 of high (142,1 inch), this installation contains 4557 drawers and visitors may go inside the structure.
Inspired by the form and function of traditional Chinese medicine cabinets, the work becomes a maternal body enveloping the visitor and the holder of warm feelings, care and security. The prevalent themes, at the same time, universal and contextual which underline the entire work of Zhang Huan, are come together in this installation wich poignantly deals with birth, illness, and death yet also reincarnation.
Zhang Huan, unavoidable key figure of Chinese and International contemporary art, is now considered as one of the most important artists of his generation. Precursor artist of the per- formance movement in China, he moves in New York in 1988, where he builds until his return in China – more precisely in Shanghai – in 2006, a subversive work where the human body is always push to its limits.
He pursues, now, his aesthetics researches around the use of paint, photography, sculpture or even installation, using materials like burned incense ashes in Buddhism temples, animal skin, bronze and copper or elements strictly coming from traditional handicrafts; like sculpted doors. This variety of mode of expression allow him to deal with different subjects – landscapes, por- traits or revisited Buddhism statuary - in order to take a look at actual China and the relation the country keeps with its cultural and religious heritage.
Zhang Huan (Born in 1965 in Anyang, China), lives and works in Shangaï and New York.
Zhang Huan has been featured in numerous international solo exhibitions in the following museums and institu- tions (selection) : Palazzo Vecchio and the Fort du Belvedere, Florence, IT; Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, IT; Royal Academy, London, UK; White Cube, London, UK; Espace Louis Vuitton de Macao, CN; Ullens Center for Contemporary Art de Beijing, CN; Four Seasons Center for the performings arts, Toronto, CA. PAC Museum of Milan, IT; Museum of Contemporary Art of Taipei, CN; Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, CN; Art Museum of Shanghai, CN; Vancouver Art Gallery, CA; The Asia Society, New York, US; Norton Museum of Art, US...He also has participated to 6th Bienniale of Gwangju and the Whitney Bienniale in 2002.
Zhang Huan’s works (selection): MoMA, New York, US; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US; Guggen- heim Museum, New York, US.; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US; Hara Museum of Contempo- rary Art, Tokyo, JP; National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AU; Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, IL; Inothim Contem- porary Art Center, BR; S.M.A.K, Gent, BE; Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR; Philadelphia Museum of Art, US ; The Progressive Collection, Mayfield Village, US; REFCO INC. Chicago, USA ; Rubell Family Collection, Miami, US; The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, JP ; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, US ; Rose Art Museum, USA; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, SP ; Seattle Art Museum, US ; Museum of Art Lucerne, CH; Ulrich Museum of Art, US; Norton Museum of Art, US; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, US; Museum of Contemporary Art, Leon, ES; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, US; Center of Contemporary Art, Malaga, ES; New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, US; Columbus Museum of Art, US; Espirito Santo Bank, Lisboa, PT; Red Mansion Foundation, London, UK; The Charles Saatchi Collection, London, UK; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US; Museum of Contemporary Art (Ordonez-Falcon Collection), Barcelona, ES; Louis Vuitton Fondation, Paris, FR; Museum of Casa Anadia, PT; Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland, AU; Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, CN; Storm King Art Center, New York, US; Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Michigan, US; Asia Museum of Fukuoka, JP; Capital Research Company Collection, Hong Kong, CN; The Denver Art Museum, US; Emily Fisher Landau Collection, New York, US; The Marieluise Hessel Foundation Collection at Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, Annendale-on-Hudson, New York, US; The Kent and Vicki Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US; The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, US; Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, US; The Cleveland Museum of Art, US; Carmignac Fondation, Paris, FR ...
Zhang directed the lyric opera Semele of George Frédéric Haendel for the Royal Opera in Brussels, also pre-
sented in Beijing and Toronto.