Three Heads Six Arms

Three Head Six ArmsUntil June 30 you’ll be able to see Zhang Huan’s “Three Heads Six Arms”—which weighs 15 tons and measures about 10 meters tall and 18 meters wide—in the outdoor plaza of the 1881 Heritage mall complex in Tsim Sha Tsui.

The giant bronze sculpture was inspired by pieces of several Tibetan Buddhist statues bought at Chinese antiques markets. Before it was first shown in San Francisco last year, Mr. Zhang said: “‘Three Heads Six Arms’ reflects the changing realities of Chinese people today and also reflects the attitude that humankind has conquered nature and even reflects deeds of volition and hope.” One of the heads is a likeness of the artist, who is known for performance-art works that have involved, for example, smearing his body with fish oil and honey to attract flies, or gathering a group of artists on a mountaintop to lie atop one another naked (“To Add One Meter to an Unknown Mountain,” 1995).

The sculpture is part of Mr. Zhang’s first solo gallery show in Hong Kong, at Edouard Malingue Gallery, in cooperation with The Pace Gallery, his U.S. representative.

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