New York got a huge statue Zhang Huang
Recently in New York, the Art Center Storm King appeared a giant Buddha statue by the famous Chinese artist Zhang Хуаня (Zhang Huan).
Recently in New York, the Art Center Storm King appeared a giant statue of Buddha by the famous Chinese artist Zhang Хуаня (ZhangHuan). At a work height of 28 feet (8.5 meters) took about twelve tons of steel and copper.
sculpture depicts three giant legs, two of which are teetering on the small props, and a third based on head Buddha, half sunk in the ground. The sculpture was presented as a gift to the center of Storm King on the gallery Pace, an art dealer Zhang Huang in New York and Beijing. Earlier work was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and in the center of La Monnaie in Brussels (Belgium). In an interview with Zhang Huan said he hoped that the center of Storm King will be his final refuge of the Buddha.
President Center StormKingDzhon P. Stern (JohnP. Stern) noted that the appearance in his extensive collection of representative of Eastern culture extends the format of the center, representing mainly the work of Western authors such as David Smith (DavidSmith), Alexander Calder (AlexanderCalder), Louise Bourgeois (LouiseBourgeois) and Richard Serra (RichardSerra). And the director and curator of the center, David Collens (DavidR. Collens) noticed that the metal sculpture Huang contrast well with the next track, "Sarcophagus in glass houses" sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz (Magdalena Abakanowicz), consisting of four glass designs.
Zhang Huan, acquired best known for his heart-breaking performances, demonstrating the limits of human endurance, in recent years turned to the monumental sculpture. other giant sculpture Zhang Huang appeared this spring in San Francisco . It also depicts the Buddha - with only six arms and three heads. At that time, this pyatnadtsatitonnaya, eight-sculpture was considered a major work of Juan. Established in New York the center of Storm King sculpture of Buddha tripod broke this record.
Sources: artinfo.com , artinvestment.ru
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