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Chen Zhen, "Fu Dao / Fu Dao, Upside-down Buddha / Arrival At Good Fortune," 1997 Installation view, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2020, © Chen Zhen by ADAGP, Paris, courtesy of Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, and GALLERIA CONTINUA, photo by Agostino Osio.

Chen Zhen, "Purification Room," 2000, installation view, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2020, © Chen Zhen by ADAGP, Paris, courtesy Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, and GALLERIA CONTINUA, photo by Agostino Osio.

Chen Zhen, exhibition view, “Short-circuits”, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2020, © Chen Zhen by ADAGP, Paris, courtesy Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, photo by Agostino Osio.

Chen Zhen, "Le Rite suspendu / mouillé," 1991 Installation view, Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, 2020, private collection, courtesy of de Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, © Chen Zhen by ADAGP, Paris, courtesy of Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, photo by Agostino Osio.

Milan, Bicocca

Chen Zhen: Short-circuits

"Short-circuits" at Pirelli HangarBicocca is a retrospective of Chen Zhen's work, curated by Vicente Todoli.

October 15, 2020 - June 6, 2021

"Short-circuits" at Pirelli HangarBicocca is a retrospective of Chen Zhen's work, curated by Vicente Todoli. Over 20 large-scale installations are on view by the late artist, all made within the last decade of his life. This selection of seminal works showcases the artist's investigation of the material and spiritual world, the act of making art, and the process of healing. The immersive show brings together many works for the first time, across 5,500 square meters of the Navate and Cubo of Pirelli HangarBicocca. Highlights include Jue Chang, Dancing Body – Drumming Mind (The Last Song), (2000); Round Table (1995); and Fu Dao / Fu Dao, Upside-down Buddha / Arrival at Good Fortune (1997).