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Object chat: Zhan Wang’s stainless steel works

23rd July, 2020

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In this object chat, artist Zhan Wang takes us on a virtual visit to see three works that use stainless steel as a key material: Ornamental Rock at Wrightwood 659, the video Beyond 12 Nautical Miles—Floating Rock Drifts on the Open Sea, and Gold Mountain at the Smart Museum of Art.

A shiny silver object floating in the water with a fishing boat in the background. — The stainless steel rock floating in open waters in Beyond 12 Nautical Miles—Floating Rock Drifts on the Open Sea, 2000. Video still. Courtesy of Zhan Wang Studio.

Video still of studio assistants handling the stainless steel rock in Beyond 12 Nautical Miles—Floating Rock Drifts on the Open Sea, 2000. Courtesy of Zhan Wang Studio. — Studio assistants handling the stainless steel rock in Beyond 12 Nautical Miles—Floating Rock Drifts on the Open Sea, 2000. Video still. Courtesy of Zhan Wang Studio.

A large, shiny silver rock-like object rests on a rocky shoreline. A small boat floats in the water nearby. — Zhan Wang, Beyond 12 Nautical Miles—Floating Rock Drifts on the Open Sea, 2000. Video still. Courtesy of the artist.

Zhan Wang, Gold Mountain, 2007, and Beyond 12 Nautical Miles—Floating Rock Drifts on the Open Sea, 2000 — Zhan Wang, Gold Mountain, 2007, and Beyond 12 Nautical Miles—Floating Rock Drifts on the Open Sea, 2000

Zhan Wang, Ornamental Rock, 1996, Stainless steel, Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago, Gift of Carl Rungius, by exchange, 2000.24. Installation view, The Allure of Matter: Material Art from China, Wrightwood 659. — Zhan Wang, Ornamental Rock, 1996