Huang Zhiyang

© Photo credit：Tony Metaxas

© Photo credit：Tony Metaxas

Possessing Numerous Peaks deals with the relationship between man and nature: the aim is to provide an interactive installation between and among World Expo visitors, the man-made, and nature's landscape formations. This sculptural installation relies on the memory of nature and visitors are invited to sit silently in its site-specific setting, in unspoken dialogue with the World Expo environment. Its circumstances can be changed by the interaction with visitors because it slowly gains recognition as a public rest area, easily attracting passers-by to come closer, just like a small garden where visitors may enjoy themselves. It may also be regarded as a landmark on the Expo Boulevard, a place to meet for guests of the World Expo.

Huang Zhiyang

Born in 1965 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Lives and works in Beijing, China.

Huang Zhiyang believes in the perpetual motion of a fundamental life force within all matter, whether animal, vegetable or mineral, which he tries to render in his 3-dimensional forms and environments. As a painter, he integrates traditional Chinese ink-and-wash painting and the action painting of Western expressionism. His works have been displayed at a number of international exhibitions including the 46th Venice Biennial in 1995.

Recent solo shows:
2009: IT park, Taipei, Taiwan; Peripheral Vision, Pekin fine arts, Beijing, China. 2008: Zoon-Dreamscape, Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong, China; Bondreas of Forever, Beijing fine Art Gallery, Beijing. 2007: Zoon - Beijing Bio,Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing. 2006: City Scenery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei.