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XU ZHEN®
1977
Shanghai, China
InstallationConceptual ArtPhotography
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- • Conceptual Art
- • Photography
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XU ZHEN® is a Shanghai-based artist and brand operating across sculpture, installation, and performance, known for appropriating and recombining cultural artifacts, consumer aesthetics, and art-historical references into provocative large-scale works. The registered-trademark name signals a deliberate collapse of authorship into corporate identity. Major presentations include the Long Museum, Shanghai, and exhibitions at MoMA PS1.
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