Xu Zhen

Chinese | 1977

Xu Zhen is a Chinese Asian Modern & Contemporary painter who was born in 1977. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Ennova Art Museum in Langfang. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Kunsthaus Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum have featured Xu Zhen's work in the past.Xu Zhen's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 375 USD to 506,166 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2013 the record price for this artist at auction is 506,166 USD for Light Source-la Grande Odalisque, sold at Poly International Auction Co. in 2013. Xu Zhen has been featured in articles for Ocula, China Daily and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Art Is on the Curriculum at The Campus, a Former School in Upstate New York Transformed by Six Galleries written for The Art Newspaper in July 2024.

At Auction

Notable Lots

UNDER HEAVEN-2232MT2151 ,2014

By Xu Zhen

-12%

below mid-estimate

Light source - The Tepidarium

By Xu Zhen

Under Heaven ,2014

By Xu Zhen

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Recent Auction Results

Under Heaven - 0302JP1801 ,2018

By Xu Zhen

+63%

above mid-estimate

Christie's Hong Kong

Evolution – Standing Female Attendant, Bwa Bobo Mask

By Xu Zhen

+151%

above mid-estimate

Christie's Hong Kong

Eternity - Northern Qi Standing Buddha, Amazon and Barbarian - Xu Zhen

Eternity - Northern Qi Standing Buddha, Amazon and Barbarian ,2016

By Xu Zhen

-16%

below mid-estimate

SBI Art Auction

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Current Exhibitions

Ennova Art Biennale

Ennova Art Museum

Langfang | China

Oct 27,2024 - May 07,2025

Etched in Time: The Experience and Transformation of Contemporary Art Collection in China

Ennova Art Museum

Langfang | China

Apr 29,2024 - Jun 07,2027

Past Exhibitions

Shifting Sands Still

ShanghART Singapore

Singapore | Singapore

Apr 13,2024 - Apr 28,2024

VIEW 106 EXHIBITIONS

Articles

Art Is on the Curriculum at The Campus, a Former School in Upstate New York Transformed by Six Galleries

The Art Newspaper 03/07/2024

Throughout former classrooms, locker rooms, labs, a gymnasium and an overgrown football field, art has invested nearly every space.

What Are Galleries Showing at Art Basel 2024?

Ocula 07/06/2024

Founders and directors at BANK, Crèvecœur, Fortes D'Aloia & Gabriel, Xavier Hufkens, and MadeIn Gallery share highlights of their booths at this year's fair, which opens to VIPs on 10 June.

A Joyful Mood at Contemporary Art Exhibition in Guangzhou

China Daily 22/04/2024

US artist Jeff Koons says that childhood is where people accept and appreciate things as they are. His Celebration series of sculptures brings to the viewers the pure pleasure and playfulness as that of childhood.

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Coverage

“ ..A prolific and experimental artist, Zhen’s conceptually-driven practice encompasses a vast range of media and often employs humor, irony, and sophisticated trickery... ”
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MOCA Grand Avenue

“ ..Xu’s oeuvre questions the validity of an East-West dichotomy with great skepticism... ”
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James Cohan, New York (26th Street)

“ .. Xu’s Eternity sculptures are a mash-up of Hellenistic and Buddhist statuary, creating three-dimensional, transcultural exquisite corpses... ”
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James Cohan, New York (26th Street)

“ ..Xu intends the viewer to project his or her own cultural associations onto the sculpture and experience its meaning and associations in a very subjective way... ”
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James Cohan, New York (26th Street)

“ ..Rarefying these salacious objects in a fine art setting evokes the idea of sexual pleasure – perhaps to an uncomfortable extent... ”
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James Cohan, New York (26th Street)