The Sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

239 Zhu Weibing and Ji Wenyu Zhu Weibing b.1971 Heilongjiang, China Ji Wenyu b.1959 Shanghai, China Live and work in Shanghai Zhu Weibing and Ji Wenyu have been making textile-based sculptures since 2003. Their delicately balanced works owe much to Zhu’s training as a fashion designer and art professor, while Ji worked previously as a painter, incorporating a critical take on Western Pop art in particular. In their soft sculptures, the artists comment on consumerism and social aspirations in post-Cultural Revolution China. Exhibitions (solo): ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Exhibitions (group): ‘Red Hot: Asian Art Today’, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States, 2007. Next page Hana Makhmalbaf Iran b.1988 Production still from Buda as sharm foru rikht (Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame) 2007 / 35mm and DV, colour, stereo, 81 minutes, Iran, Farsi (English subtitles) / Image courtesy: Wild Bunch, Paris