徐震 | 8848-1.86

徐震《8848 - 1.86》（静帧）2005，单频录像，8 min 11 sec，艺术家及没顶画廊惠允 

艺术家徐震（b. 1977）是中国当代艺术最具代表性的人物之一，其艺术创作始终朝着文化本质与价值的能动性方向扩张，创作范围非常广泛，包括装置、摄影、影像和行为等。他关注的是艺术在面对时代之变时，如何创造可能性并提供新的经验的问题。这件作品是艺术家较为早期的代表作品：爬上喜马拉雅山。锯掉珠穆拉玛峰1.86m高，把它运下山展览。纪录片拍摄了一帮人在珠穆拉玛峰上把它的山顶锯下来的过程。 在展厅中，这件作品被布置在北丘当代美术馆的雪山旁（由防空掩体的混凝土结构改造而来），作品似乎传达出这样一种观念：为什么我们如此迷恋物质性的存在，且总是试图攀登充满不确定性的山峰？

Artist Zhen Xu (b. 1977) is one of the most representative figures in Chinese contemporary art, whose artistic creation has always been expanding towards the dynamic of cultural essence and value, with a wide range of creations, including installation, photography, video and performance. He is concerned with the question of how art can create possibilities and provide new experiences in the face of changing times. This work is representative of the artist's earlier works: Climbing the Himalayas. Sawing off 1.86 cm of Mount Everest and transporting it down the mountain for an exhibition. The documentary film captures a group of people on Mount Everest sawing off its summit. In the gallery, the work is set up next to the snow-covered mountain of the Beiqiu Contemporary Art Museum (a concrete structure converted from an air-raid shelter), and it seems to convey the idea: why we are so obsessed with materiality and always try to climb mountains full of uncertainty?

徐震，艺术家、策划人、没顶公司创始人。1977年出生，工作和生活于中国上海。

徐震于2004年获得中国当代艺术奖（CCAA）“最佳艺术家”奖项，2001年作为年轻的中国艺术家参加了第49届威尼斯双年展主题展，徐震的创作非常广泛，包括装置、摄影、影像和行为等。

他的作品在世界各地的博物馆和双年展均有展出，包括威尼斯双年展（2001，2005）、纽约现代艺术博物馆（2004）、国际摄影中心（2004）、日本森美术馆（2005）、纽约现代艺术博物馆PS1（2006）、英国泰特利物浦美术馆（2007）、英国海沃德画廊（2012）、里昂双年展（2013）、纽约军械库展览（2014）、上海龙美术馆（2015）、卡塔尔Al Riwaq艺术中心（2016）、悉尼双年展（2016）、纽约古根海姆美术馆（2017）、沙迦双年展（2019）、洛杉矶当代艺术博物馆（2019）、澳大利亚堪培拉国立美术馆（2020）等。

Xu Zhen, Artist, curator, MadeIn Company founder. Xu Zhen was born in 1977, and lives and works in Shanghai.

In 2004, Xu Zhen won the prize for ‘Best Artist’ at the China Contemporary Art Award. Xu Zhen participated in the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001 as a Chinese young artist. His practice covers various media such as installations, video, painting and performance, etc.

Xu Zhen has exhibited internationally, at museums and biennales, such as, the Venice Biennale (2001, 2005), The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2004), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, 2005), MoMA PS1 (New York, 2006), Tate Liverpool (2007), Hayward Gallery (London, 2012), Lyon Biennial (2013), Armory Show (New York, 2014), Long Museum (Shanghai 2015), Al Riwaq Art Center (Qatar, 2016), Sydney Biennial (2016), Guggenheim Museum (New York, 2017), Sharjah Biennial (2019), Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, 2019), National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, 2020), among others.