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Introspection
Handcut Tissue Paper Sheets, Paper Strings
Sizes Varies 
2025  

Tissue paper, as a found object and often dismissed material, is carefully hand-cut and twisted into fibers that is both resilient and fragile.  The work portrays a state for one to reconnect with themselves, disconnecting with themselves in the same limbo.

All made from perfectly grown trees into paper pulp, some papers are designed for the arts while others are for disposable. This particular sheet of tissue paper might not have and will not experience such care and gentle touch, such love and attention, while embracing the potential to become timeless art.
Ghost of Frankenstein
Handcut Polyester Sheets 
37x60 inches 
2025  

The work consists of a series of ghostly cut-out collection of manmade creatures. The patterns references ancient Chinese folklores and mythical creatures, while in some regions, people believe if you cut out a paper figure of themselves and burn a hole on the figure where they feel ill or pain, the pain will go away by magic. This work elaborates on the idea of how do people view themself, if multiple selves exist or not, and what is considered human in contemporary culture. Also, the works invite viewer to think about what is considered as pain, ill, or abnormal, and how can someone improve the situation by introducing mythology to the topic.

© 2025 by Zhan Zhang. 

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