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de Sarthe Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of the late Chinese-born, Paris-based artist Chen Zhen (1955- 2000) whose installations poetically employ both his study of traditional Chinese culture and his knowledge of Western avant-garde art to engage with contemporary social issues.

This exhibition included a carefully chosen group of sculptures created from 1992 to 2000. Among them the work that was shown in 1996’s first Chen Zhen exhibition in New York which took place at Deitch Project. The installation titled Daily Incantations is a sculptural installation inspired by the …