from the bell. The cast version of himself is supposed to represent the compassion that is the necessary counterpart for wisdom. The actual act of ring the bell is supposed to represent the "artistic struggle with the circumstances of and inheritance from family is both necessarily violent and richly generative." Selected solo exhibitions 1988 Henan University, Kaifeng 1999 Max Protetch Gallery, New York 2000 Cotthem Gallery, Barcelona 2001 Galerie Albert Benamou, Paris 2002 Kunstverein in Hamburg 2003 Bochum Museum, Bochum 2004 Norton Museum of Art, Florida 2005 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2006 Sherman Galleries, Sydney 2007 Haunch of Venison, London 2008 Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai 2009 Haunch of Venison, Zürich 2011 Blum & Poe, Los Angeles 2012 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 2013 Palazzo Vecchio, Forte di Belvedere, Firenze 2014 Pace London, Spring Poppy Fields References Further reading Shing-Kwan Chan, "Public Displays of Affliction: On Zhang Huan’s 12m2", Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Volume 17, Number 1, January/February 2018, https://yishu-online.com/browse-articles/?932 Elena Geuna, Zhang Huan: Ashman, 24 ORE Cultura, Milan 2010, Yilmaz Dziewior, RoseLee Goldberg and Robert Storr, Zhang Huan, Phaidon Press, London, 2009, Melissa Chiu, Kong Bu, Eleanor Heartney and Vishakha Desai, Zhang Huan: Altered States, Charta, Milan, 2007 Mark Gisbourne, Zhang Huan: Drawings, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, 2007 Michele Robecchi, Conversations with Photographers: Zhang Huan, La Fabrica, Madrid, 2005, External links Official web site The Pace Gallery Zhang Huan at 88MoCCA - The Museum of Chinese contemporary art on the web Zhang Huan at the Saatchi Gallery Artcore profile China Daily - The avant-garde art goes too far? Zhang Huan at Louis Lannoo Gallery Zhang Huan at artnet.com Last chance to see the Sydney Buddha White Villa Collection, a private collection of Chinese Contemporary Photography Video Zhang Huan video 1965 births Living people Chinese performance artists Chinese contemporary artists Central Academy of Fine Arts alumni People from Anyang Painters from Henan Chinese photographers Chinese sculptors Buddhist artists