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As part of the 2015 Sydney Festival, Carriageworks will host ‘Zhang Huan: Sydney Buddha’ – a large scale installation of a Buddha sculpture by the renowned Chinese artist.
‘Zhang Huan: Sydney Buddha’ is comprised of two large-scale sculptures of Buddha, each over five-metres tall, and positioned facing each other in the Carriageworks public space. One Buddha is created from aluminium and acts as a mould to form the second Buddha, which is created from 20 tonnes of ash collected from Buddhist temples in Shanghai, Jiangsu Province and the Zhejiang Province of China. The ephemeral ash Buddha will gradually disintegrate over the course of the exhibition, affected by exposure to the environment.
‘Zhang Huan: Sydney Buddha’ continues Carriageworks’ three-year long tradition of presenting large-scale installations by international artists in the summer. Zhang Huan’s installation follows previous projects ‘Song Dong: Waste Not’, 2013, and Christian Boltanski: ‘CHANCE’, 2014, both attracting large audiences and critical acclaim.
Carriageworks Director Lisa Havilah said: “‘Zhang Huan: Sydney Buddha’ continues our series of large-scale visual arts installations by leading international contemporary artists, presented in the Carriageworks public space each summer. We are excited to be presenting this major work by Zhang Huan in 2015 – specially created for Carriageworks and presented in association with Sydney Festival.”
Carriageworks
8 January to 15 March, 2015
Sydney
Zhang Huan, Taiwan Buddha, 2010, ash, wood, aluminium, steel,
530 x 740 x 350cm (left), 530 x 360 x 370cm (right)
Courtesy the artist and Pace Gallery, New York
