Zhang Huan 'To Add One Meter to an Unknown Mountain' landscape

Zhang Huan 'To Add One Meter to an Unknown Mountain' landscapeIn 1995, alongside ten other Beijing East Village artists, Zhang Huan enacted a performance on Miaofeng Mountain on the outskirts of Beijing. By piling up their nude bodies, the artists set about adding exactly one meter of height to the mountain an artistic evocation of the Chinese proverb Beyond the mountains, there are higher mountains yet, a reminder to practice humility. The act was deliberately temporary and futile, a blip against the magnitude

touched by the artist’s recent loss

In ‘Silver Point’

Dimensions: 29 x 25 cm

For Amor the city’s backstreets become sites of alienation

'Home Again Soon II (2nd State)' 2007

is the nascent threat of death

filling your field of vision with foliage

this work is a heartening find

Image Size: comes in small

‘Harlequin Blue Ground’ centres an hourglass shape

Juniper is a highly acclaimed artist and two-time winner of the Wynne Prize

A beautiful