Alexandre Zhu
Alexandre Zhu (b. 1993 in Paris, France) shared his childhood between Shanghai and Paris. After graduating in 2018 from ENSAD and a stint at the School of Visual Art in New York, he has since participated in several group exhibitions in France and abroad (Galerie Bertrand Grimont, Galerie Valérie Delaunay, Manifesta Lyon...). His work explores the different possibilities of an artificial structure without its original context.
He won the Pierre David-Weill drawing prize in 2021 at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the Dauphine Prize for contemporary art in 2022, and was selected for the last Artpress Biennial in Montpellier (MOCO & Musée Fabre).
Alexandre Zhu de-contextualises the structure of an anti-tsunami dam by zooming in on the details of the armouring units, then places it in a fictitious seascape with lights and perspectives reconstructed from numerous photographs, thus offering a hallucinated and disturbing vision of the ocean. The artist explores the complex relationship between man and nature, seeking a balance between boundaries and territory, survival and protection.
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Alexandre ZhuArmour Unit III, 2023charcoal on paper, varnish, dibond, aluminum110 x 75 cm
43 1/4 x 29 1/2 in -
Alexandre ZhuArmour Unit II, 2020charcoal on paper, varnish, dibond, aluminum66 7/8 x 47 1/4 in
170 x 120 cm -
Alexandre ZhuLandmark V, 2018charcoal on paper, varnish, dibond, aluminum47 1/4 x 66 7/8 in
120 x 170 cm
