ZHANG Ruyi is participating “A World in a Grain of Sand: Mapping Shapes and Sites for Social Geometries,” an exhibition drawn from Fosun Foundation Collection curated by Robin Peckham in Sanya, Hainan. Paper work Secret Room—1 & 2 & 3 (2012), panel work Arc—2 (2017), and sculpture work Density (2017) by ZHANG are included in Part I, “Architecture and Body,” illustrating that the city has gradually lost control because of excessive development, while the spatial structure in disorder results in the emergence of “external psychologies.” The exhibition will last until 12 May 2018.
上：张如怡，《密室—2》，2012年，纸上综合材料，20 × 32 厘米；中：张如怡，《密室—1》，2012年，纸上综合材料，20 × 32 厘米；下：张如怡，《密室—3》，2012年，纸上综合材料，20 × 32 厘米 | Above: ZHANG Ruyi, Secrete Room—2, 2012, mixed media on paper, 20 × 32 cm; Middle: ZHANG Ruyi, Secrete Room—1, 2012, mixed media on paper, 20 × 32 cm; Below: ZHANG Ruyi, Secrete Room—3, 2012, mixed media on paper, 20 × 32 cm
张如怡，《弧线—2》，2017年，木板上综合材料， 80 × 130 厘米 | ZHANG Ruyi, Arc—2, 2017, mixed media on wood panel, 80 × 130 cm
张如怡，《弧线—2》（局部），2017年，木板上综合材料， 80 × 130 厘米 | ZHANG Ruyi, Arc—2 (detail), 2017, mixed media on wood panel, 80 × 130 cm
The shape of arc comes from a type of window on the façade of a residential building near the artist’s studio. The configurational combination of the geometric motifs signifies the interpenetration of different architectural elements.
张如怡，《比重》，2016年，混凝土和铁，29 × 13.2 × 47.8 厘米 | ZHANG Ruyi, Density, 2016, concrete and iron, 29 × 13.2 × 47.8 cm
张如怡，《比重》（局部），2016年，混凝土和铁，29 × 13.2 × 47.8 厘米 | ZHANG Ruyi, Density (detail), 2016, concrete and iron, 29 × 13.2 × 47.8 cm
The façade of the building is concealed by the artist. The doors and windows facing toward the wall are immediately blocked off.
