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Zhou Hongbin
Aquarium 28

2022

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Come Visit us at Volta NYC ( 17- 21 May ) to see it Live ! Size : 27.5 x 78 in. Limited Edition of 8. Print only (Archival pigment print, 1” white border all around added). For face mounting under acrylic glass 0.24” , back aluminum Dibond, aluminum rail to install, please add $1,500 Zhou Hongbin investigates representation and reality, questioning what is real and what is fiction in her multi-disciplinary practice. Well known for her Habitat series, in which her digitally multiplied pet rabbit swims in a liminal body of water, Zhou Hongbin has become increasingly interested in abstraction, more recently depicting in photographs, geometric sculptures the artist made, documented, then destroyed. Born in Zhangzhou in Fujian Province, China, Zhou Hongbin completed a Bachelor of Arts at Art College of Xiamen University (2001) and a Master of Arts (in Digital Media) at China Central Academy of Fine Arts (2005). Her work was included in the landmark exhibition Minimalism: Space, Light, Object at the National Gallery Singapore in 2018 and she has exhibited regularly in China, USA and Singapore. 2020 marked the first solo exhibition of Zhou Hongbin’s work in Australia. Her work was added to the photographic collection of the Harn Museum of Art in 2022. This artwork is from the "Habitat" Series : In the "Habitat" series, Zhou Hongbin beloved pet rabbits are multiplied through digital magic, and shown swimming energetically through a mysterious watery world. It is an imaginary collage where the bunnies appear adorable in a safe, quiet, soft and clean environment “I choose to be represented by familiar pets like my own bunny to create a habitat, similar to a personal garden, utopian and self-centered, where different moments of my own life are fixed and combined in the same picture” The artist has said she intends to create “lovely and pure thoughts and avoid the conflict of reality.”
  • Creator:
    Zhou Hongbin (1978, Chinese)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Width: 79 in (200.66 cm)Depth: 0.1 in (2.54 mm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    21 X 60", edition of 6Price: $3,600
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  • Framing:
    Framing Options Available
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  • Gallery Location:
    East Patchogue, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2294211794962
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