Zhou Wendou A DHD de sarthe gallery
Zhou Wendou A DHD
de sarthe gallery
ARTWORKS
ADHD The presentation titled ADHD, after the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, is a strong single piece installation. A chrome sphere, resides in a fountain of ink, as windshield wipers move repetitively trying to remove the continuous flow of ink over the sphere. This Sisyphean task mirrors the chronic repetition of the actions of man. Whether wasteful and harmful for the environment or simply maddening for the protagonist, human life, contemporarily as well as historically, is a repetition of behaviors, often frantic. The work, as well as Zhou Wendou’s practice, seeks to raise questions, and challenge the contemporary condition. The relation between the visual experience of the work, some obvious references it conveys and a title that adds significance to it invite reflection. Repetitiveness and lack of attention, a clocked mechanical movement and hyperactivity or impulsivity should be at odds. However, while stigmatized medically within the context of the individual, this pattern of behavior has been adopted by Human society at large. Zhou Wendou invites the audience to reflect on the consequences of a culture diagnosed with ADHD.
ADHD 2016 Stainless steel, car windshield wiper, power switch, liquid ink 220 x 400 cm
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY 1970
Born in Beijing, China Currently lives and works in Beijing
2014
Current Reality, Hidden Barriers, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China Summer Group Show, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2003 1996
EDUCATION
2012
Graduated from Complutense University of Madrid Faculty of Fine Arts with DEA; PhD candidate in Modelling, Conceptual and Material Art
Architecture China-The 100 Contemporary Projects, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen (REM), Mannheim, Germany
2011
How To Philosophize With A Hammer, WhiteBox, New York, USA
Graduated from Tsinghua University Academy of Arts and Design
Chinese Pose - The Second China Sculpture Exhibition, Wenzhou International Convention & Exhibition Center, Wenzhou, China
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Suspensions of disbelief, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
2016
ADHD, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2009
2015
Borderless, de Sarthe Beijing, Beijing, China
Beijing Time - La hora de China, Matadero Madrid: Centro de Creación Contemporánea, Madrid, Spain
2013
The Study, Other Gallery, Shanghai, China
2010
The Use of the Useless, Other Gallery, Beijing, China
2009
Galería Estampa, Madrid, Spain
2007
Galería Estampa, Madrid, Spain
XIII edición del Premio Unicaja de Fotografía, Fundación Unicaja, Almeria, Spain Originaire… Installation Exhibition, Deshan Art Space, Beijing, China 2008
Chinese Biennial, Ku Art Center, Beijing, China
2007
68 Exposición Internacional de Artes Plásticas de Valdepeñas, Valdepeñas, Spain Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016
2015
2006
Abstract China, Ming Yuan Art Center, Shanghai, China
Exposición Colectiva de Obras Seleccionadas: XXXIII Premio Bancaja de Pintura, Escultura y Arte Digital, Ivam- Institut Valencia d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain IX Mostra Internacional UNION FENOSA, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo UNION FENOSA, A Coruña, Spain
Gallery Selection, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Busan Bienniale, Busan, South Korea
It’s Not Right But It’s Okay, UCCA, Beijing, China
2003
Ángeles Penche Galería de Arte, Madrid, Spain
Stay Tuned, Lin Jingjing – Zhou Wendou, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2000
Gallerie dell’Academia, Venice, Italy
Artists at Play, de Sarthe Beijing, Beijing, China You, I, Among Us, de Sarthe Beijing, Beijing, China Gallery Selection, de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, China
XVIII Premio Internacional de Pintura Eugenio Hermoso, Fregenal de la Sierra. Badajoz, Spain
1999
Galería de arte Francisco Duayer, Madrid, Spain Victoria Hidalgo Gallery, Madrid, Spain Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Obispo Vellosillo, Segovia, Spain Galería de Arte Paloma 18, Burgos, Spain
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Art and Heritage Collection, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain Estampa Fundación, Madrid, Spain Fundación Antonio Pérez, Cuenca, Spain
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS White Rabbit Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Published on the occasion of de Sarthe Gallery exhibition:
Zhou Wendou ADHD
March 21 - April 23, 2016
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