[Press Release]
ShanghART Gallery Beijing Space is honored to present the premiere of ZHU Jia’s latest work, ZERO, on November 23rd. The exhibition continues until December 16th.
Speaking through the conjuntion between the actress’ different looks and various atmospheres, the new video introduces the collage and overlap of images which seem isolated in chronological order. Coming from the “narrated” and fragmentized memory of family history, those images emphasize and magnify the specific gap existing between the abovementioned recollection and the virtualized construction of today’s reality, presenting the complicities and multiplicities one may encounter when it comes to the approaches to judgment. Essentially, the work reflects an introspective attitude towards the conception of “self”.
Special thank goes to ”Men’s Uno“, the magazine which supports this exhibition generously.
ZHU Jia, born on 1963 in Beijing, graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Selected exhibitions include The Face of Facebook, ZHU Jia’s Solo Exhibition, ShanghART Beijing, 2011; We Are Perfect – ZHU Jia’s Solo Exhibition, ShanghART H Space, Shanghai, 2008; Trans Local Motion—7th Shanghai Biennale 2008, Shanghai Art Musuem, Shanghai, 2008; 10th International Istanbul Biennial-Not only Possible, But also Necessary-Optimism in the Age of Global War, Istanbul, Turkey, 2007; Zooming into Focus (NAMOC)-Contemporary Chinese Photography and Video from the Haudenschild Collection, National Art Museum Of China, Beijing, 2005; 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale – Dreams and Conflicts. The Dictatorship of the Viewer, Venice, Italy, 2003; Tempo, the Works Show of Contemporary Art in 20th, The Museum of Moden Art (MOMA), New York, U.S.A. 2002; Living in Time-29 Contemporary Artists from China, National Galerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Museum fuer Gegenwartskunst, Berlin, Germany, 2001; Every Day-11th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art etc., Sydney, Australia, 1998; Another Long March-Chinese Conceptual Art in the Nineties, Chasse Kazerne, Fundament Foundation, Breda, The Netherlands, 1997.
