air pressure

17 Goulston St

Preview: 26 September 2024, 6–8pm

Zhan Chong (b. 1983, Zhejiang, China) lives and works in Beijing, China. His paintings are both descriptive representations of everyday ‘artifacts’ and portraits of a psychological state: a sense of tension, or a palpable change in the air (pressure). Chong’s hometown, Lishui, was often affected by typhoon weather, and before each typhoon, a state of low pressure pervaded the surroundings - a storm was imminent. In recent years, despite having been away from home for many years, this feeling– a sense of being ‘on edge’– has begun to resurface in his body, and subsequently his work.

Recent solo exhibitions include: Typhoon, Hunsandspace, Beijing, China (2022), Moulds, Gallery Yang, Beijing, China (2018) and Indoor Space, CIGE Gallery Yang, Beijing, China (2015). Recent group exhibitions include: art021, Habitat Habitat, Shanghai, China (2021), Sign, secret realm, world center, Qianhuliu art space, Xian, China (2021) and open islands, Tang Contemporary Art, Bangkok (2019).

Pictured: Zhan Chong, Untitled, 2024, acrylic on wood, 90 x 120 cm⁠