HENNESSY X ZHANG HUAN

Since he burst onto the international art scene in the Nineties by staging performance art events in New York City, he has become equally well known for monumental sculptures and paintings, and particularly his innovative use of mediums, such as incense ashes, in addition to more conventional materials. 

"Art exists as a very primitive kind of extreme: my only concern is that the message I create remain consistent with what’s in my heart. No matter what materials or methods may be, I am always inspired by existence and the interaction between life and environment. Everything is transient — everything that has gone before leads up to the present moment. I feel it’s important to attune to evolution, or what I like to call “natural living expression”."

"Painting is never about just the object, it’s about using the object as a vehicle to express your inner thoughts, or a spiritual side. For Hennessy, I was thinking about the New Year, so it is a time of joy and celebration, but also a time of reflection on essential questions and the cycle of life."