Zhu Jia, born in 1963 in Beijing and lives there. He graduated from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Exhibitions included a.o. the Museum for Contemporary Art, Sydney; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; MoMA, New York; Venice Biennale, 2003; Istanbul Biennial, 2007, ShanghART Beijing, 2012. In 2008 his work was exhibited in a solo exhibition in ShanghARTH-Space, Shanghai.
Zero
(CHN 2012, Video, 15 Min.)
Clothes are used as a strategy for historical identification in Zero. The time continuum is inverted by depicting a woman whose age and various life stages are defined by the historical era of her dress. There is a sense of aging process without sequential continuity. Mirrored backdrops are utilized throughout the film as reflection while suggesting the illusion of progression.
