MASSIMODECARLO is pleased to present Empire of cotton – the Buddha, the first exhibition of Zhao Zhao with the gallery.
The show will present a new series of paintings and a newly produced video work.

In the body of work, Zhao Zhao reinterprets his strong links to the Buddhism doctrine through a painting intended as a multidisciplinary language. Indeed, the series consists of both works in which minimalist and geometric forms appear linked to the symbolism of the Buddhist religion and works in which calligraphy is used as a means to bring the viewer closer to portraits and the figure of the Buddha.

Zhao Zhao was born in Xinjiang, China, in 1982. He graduated from the Department of Oil Painting with a BFA from the Xinjiang Institute of Arts in 2003. He worked as Ai Weiwei’s assistant before he became an influential artist of the young Post-80s generation of contemporary Chinese artists.

Gallery address: 3/F, Pedder Building, 12 Pedder Street, Central