We bring you behind-the-scenes as Chinese artist Zhang Huan sets up his monumental Three Heads Six Arms ash sculpture at 1881 Heritage
This month the Edouard Malingue Gallery gives Hong Kong audience an opportunity to view the works of acclaimed Chinese performing artist Zhang Huan. In the Edouard Malingue Gallery, a gallery space designed by OMA in Central and 1881 Heritage in Tsim Sha Tsui, three exhibitions simultaneously take place to exhibit the striking ash paintings and sculptures of Zhang Huan.
One of the most iconic monument of the exhibition is the Three Heads Six Arms exhibition of the copper sculpture encapsulating body fragments of a Buddha. The sculpture is based on the Chinese mythological figure Nezha and Tibetan Buddhist sculptures, and while one of the three heads remains to be a Buddha’s head, the other two are replaced by sculptures of human heads, one of which is a self-portrait of the artist himself.
“Three Heads Six Arms reflects the changing realities of Chinese people today, the attitude that humankind has conquered nature and even deeds of volition and hope,” explains Zhang.
To learn more about the Edouard Malingue Gallery, we meet the gallerist here.
To see the sculpture come to life in its current 1881 Heritage location, we go behind-the-scenes to bring you our video exclusive of the setting up process of the monumental sculpture.
Edouard Malingue Gallery, 1st floor, 8 Queen’s Road Central; Tel: +852 2810 0317
