Zhang Huang, The Mountain Is Still A Mountain (Gallery View)

In the work of Zhang Huang, Buddhist incense ash frequently makes an appearance.  It is a potent medium that stands at the intersection of the physical and the spiritual, the personal and the universal,the detritus of a tangible object destroyed for the sake of spiritual prostration.  It represents the willing departure of the mind beyond the immediacy of flesh towards a higher power.  For Huang, it also bears the signature of his own heritage , and serves as a fittingly specific medium to bring the political and social issues of modern China into the public eye.

Zhang Huang, My Literary Teacher (2008)

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