huang yong ping – french artist of chinese origin is exhibiting as part of arsenale at venice art biennale 09. ping’s work has its roots in confrontation, contrast, exchange, and the coexistence of different cultural and spiritual worlds. his oversize recreations of the hand of buddha is made from a type of cedar tree traditionally used in chinese medicine, that dwell in the ambiguity of references to both spiritual and earthly realms.
the largest exhibition dedicated to the artist in france is now on view at the grand palais in paris, bringing together large-scale installations, sculptures, photographs, drawings, performance videos and archive documents.