Layered Ash: A Visit to Zhang Huan's Studio in Shanghai
By Michael Young
Rescued Ming-era bricks stacked in piles at Zhang Huan’s studio complex in Shanghai. Photo by Michael Young for ArtAsiaPacific.
A gaggle of Zhang Huan’s people receive me when I arrive at the artist’s eight-acre art factory in Xinqiao, a town buried in the southwestern suburbs of Shanghai. There are two publicity people who double as translators and two photographers who record my every move. I feel a little uncomfortable as their cameras constantly click. The studio curator is also hovering attentively close.
