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Indepth Arts News: "8848: An Installation Exhibition by Xu Zhen" 2006-03-20 until 2006-03-31 ShanghArt Shanghai, , CN China
Filmed by nearby documentary artist, "8848" demonstrates the process through time of a host of "explorers" sawing rock from the top of Mount Everest. Now Mount Everest is only 8,844 meters tall, the height lowered by 4 meter (8,848m originally) at man's doing. Some other material, documents and photos were also displayed at the site.
Xu Zhen, born in 1977, graduated from the Shanghai School of Arts and Crafts in 1996. In the last few year he has developed to one of the main creative forces in China. His works are clear cut smart, they hurt, surprise and liberate. Xu Zhen has shown in many exhibitions in China and overseas including twice at the Venice Biennale (in 2001, and in the Chinese Pavilion 2005), Shanghai Biennale, Guangzhou Triennale etc. An exhibition at the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Holland is planed this year.
Involved in the project were Xu Zhen, Shen Jiujiu, Yu Wei, male, and Jin Feng.
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