Sunday, January 17 12pm to 05pm
Queens Museum
New York City Building, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368
The Queens Museum is presenting the first US survey of the art of China-born, Queens-based artist Zhang Hongtu. He left China in 1982 to find greater artistic freedom and is perhaps best known for his Material Mao series, which presents Mao as appearing everywhere— and yet, as a negative form, nowhere at all. Ping-Pong Mao (1995, Mixed media installation, 30 x 60 x 108 inches, pictured above) has also been discussed as a reminder of the narrow line one must tread in the Chinese political climate.
We invite non-professional table tennis players to participate in a one-day tournament played on this special table, which will be on view during the entire exhibition October 18 – February 28, 2015.
For information visit: http://www.queensmuseum.org/