Chen Zhen
Galleria Continua | San Gimignano
This exhibitiontitled “Les pas silencieux” (The Silent Steps), after an artist’s book made by Chen Zhen in 1997brings together a selected body of twenty works dating from between 1990 and 2000, when Chen died. Its centerpiece is a reinstallation of Field of Synergy, 2000. First created for what turned out to be the last show of Chen’s lifetime, the work now again stands out for its metaphorical force and visual power. An enormous yellow cloth completely covers the floor of the central space of the former movie theater that is now Galleria Continua. In the middle sits a canopied