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XU ZHEN®️
1977
WA-00002936
InstallationConceptual ArtPhotography
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Works in Collection
24
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80%
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- Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
- NationalityArtsy· 85%
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- James-CohanTier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%
About
Why this artist matters now
Xu Zhen creates multimedia installations, photography, and video that stage the mundane rituals of urban life through theatrical gesture and conceptual performance. His practice combines social critique with deadpan humor, dramatizing moments of human vulnerability within ordinary cityscapes. Based in Shanghai, his work transforms everyday scenarios into disorienting, darkly comedic encounters.
Source: James Cohan · Trust score: 60% · Updated 3mo ago
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Conceptual Art
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