Chen Zhen. In-between.

“Chen Zhen: In-Between” is a catalog that collects images from the first personal exhibition of this renowned Chinese artist in Spain. The book contains the text “In-Between” by Aurélien Le Genissel, which establishes the curatorial line of the exhibition, and the texts by Irene Pomar, “The eternal misunderstanding”, and Menene Gras Balaguer, director of Culture and Exhibitions of Casa Asia in Barcelona, ​​“The great void”, which put the artistic and personal career of Chen Zhen (1955-2000) in context. This Chinese artist is an essential figure to take into account to reconstruct the history of contemporary art in his country of origin. His career is marked by his departure from China in 1986 and his establishment in Paris, where the great transformation of the artist in his work will occur, as a result of an inner experience and the great loneliness that he experienced in the beginnings of him. The illness that led to his death was, however, an incentive that enhanced all of his work. Through a selection of five installations representative of his entire career and a series of drawings and sketches, the exhibition proposed a journey through the artist's most essential concerns and the deepest knots of conflict, such as those revealed in much of his work. construction site.

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