12th SITE SANTA FE International: Once Within a Time

The museum is proud to partner with SITE SANTA FE on their 12th International, Once Within a Time, curated by Cecilia Alemani. Zhang Xu Zhan (b. 1988, Xinzhuang, Taiwan) will transform the Museum’s Treasure Chest gallery into an immersive multimedia installation featuring paper sculptures, video, and a selection of objects from the Museum’s collection. While growing up, Zhang Xu’s family ran a store in Xinzhuang dedicated to Zhizha, the Taoist craft tradition that employs incense-laced joss paper to make funerary effigies. The artist’s work references this traditional art form while featuring his paper creations in stop-motion films and site-specific installations. Zhang Xu lives and works in Xinzhuang, Taiwan.

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