hang Huan's new studio in the Minhang District of Shanghai is even bigger than his old one. The studio covers about 15 acres and occupies the grounds of an old boiler factory. Today, the entire property is being renovated to make way for a small art city.
Already, there are bridges and streams, hundreds of trees are being planted and old factory warehouses that are being refitted for art and the large work crews that Zhang Huan -- one of China's leading artists -- employs to bring his ideas to life. There are wood carvers, young artists producing painting with ash collected from Buddhist temples, workman building crates; a shop to purchase supplies and even a dormitory and dining room.
In the images below you can see the ash works, wood carving, metal works, galleries and a huge warehouse that hold a Ming Dynasty ruin that is supposed to be part of the set for an opera Zhang Huan is directing in Europe next year.
(Translated by Meca Shi)
Hero
Hero
The corner of the warehouse
The trees and flowers are in full bloom
Outside the studio
Working
The work in the progress
The family memorial temple for the opera
The back of the temple
The top of the temple
The family memorial temple(detail)
Buddha
Zhang Huan's collection
Show room
Wood carving room
Wooden dinosaur
American flag
The model made for Shanghai World Expo
The barrels for collecting ashes
Work in the gallery
Work in the gallery
Zhang Huan's assistant
Work
Work
White Tibetan mastiff
The heads made of ashes
The corner of the studio
Zhang Huan
Factory mark
Works
A river
Old factory
Working
In the studio
Silent face
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hang Huan's new studio in the Minhang District of Shanghai is even bigger than his old one. The studio covers about 15 acres and occupies the grounds of an old boiler factory. Today, the entire property is being renovated to make way for a small art city.
