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Just over twenty years ago, Beijing East Village artist Zhang Huan returned to China from an extended stay in New York, settling in Shanghai and establishing a large studio where he produced striking new paintings made of ash, now on view at 125 Newbury<\/a>.\u00a0 Resulting from incense sticks burnt by visitors to Buddhist temples, the ash moved from a personal, devotional context into a communal work environment as Zhang\u2019s teams of assistants sorted the material by tone to adhere it to the surface of canvas.\u00a0 Basing his images on 20th<\/sup> century media archives and propaganda photos, the artist presents pictures from history in an impermanent material, suggesting the transitory nature of life at both a personal and national scale. (On view through April 4th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n

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Zhang Huan, 3am, ash on linen, 8\u2019 2-7\/16\u201d x 13\u2019 1-1\/\u201d, 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Zhang Huan, (detail of) 3am, ash on linen, 8\u2019 2-7\/16\u201d x 13\u2019 1-1\/\u201d, 2010.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just over twenty years ago, Beijing East Village artist Zhang Huan returned to China from an extended stay in New York, settling in Shanghai and establishing a large studio where he produced striking new paintings made of ash, now on view at 125 Newbury.\u00a0 Resulting from incense sticks burnt by visitors to Buddhist temples, the … <\/p>\n

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