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Appointment at Parco Vivente

from Trends Collezioni n.126

AT THE PARCO ARTE VIVENTE, THE FIRST SOLO EXHIBITION BY CHINESE ARTIST ZHENG BO

 

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The   first   Italian    solo    exhibition   by   Chinese artist Zheng  Bo    within Artissima at the PAV, Parco Arte Vivente. With his  careful analysis of the relationships  that   exist   among  plants,  society, and  politics,  Zheng  Bo, born  in Beijing in 1974, is one  the  most interesting Chinese artists of the past generation. Sensitive to a socially committed artistic practice, since 2003,  Zheng  Bo has been inspired by ecology, participatory projects, and marginalized communities. His frequent use  of wild plants typically found in urban environments, and  that  are  commonly considered weeds, connects his works  to political  metaphors where what  is  unwelcome, abandoned or forgotten, becomes a substantial ecological strongpoint towards defending resistant and resilient cultures. Presented in several cities  over  the  last  decade, the  weed  project has taken on  different names, and now, Weed Party  III, arrives at the PAV. In this context, Zheng  Bo investigates the relationship between the uncontrollable nature of spontaneous political  movements and the infesting power  of parasitic  plants.  The  exhibition,   which   can   be visited  at  the  PAV until  February 24th,  2019,  is curated by Marco  Scotini  and  focuses on  plant species from the Piedmont area.

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