Artist: Stella Zhong
Exhibition title: comet without a tail
Venue: Chapter NY, New York, US
Date: January 5 – February 12, 2021
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Chapter NY
Chapter NY is pleased to present comet without a tail, Stella Zhong’s first solo exhibition at the gallery, featuring a large-scale sculptural installation.
In comet without a tail, Zhong builds a metaphysical space, one that operates across imagined dimensions. A raised floor spans the exhibition space, reorienting the viewer’s experience of the gallery. Beneath the floor, Zhong embeds a constellation of non-representational, idiosyncratic sculptures that carry out motions of slicing, reorganizing, and reconfiguring—simulating the perpetual splitting and merging at the particle level. Their forms are only partially visible through rounded slits in the floor’s surface, rejecting conventional modes of viewership and encouraging a tactile imagination.
Stella Zhong was born in Shenzhen, China (1993). She holds a BFA in Glass from Rhode Island School of Design and is currently an MFA candidate (2021) at Yale University. Solo presentations include Peninsula Art Space, Brooklyn; Weybosset Gallery, Providence, RI; Hunter College, New York; and Guan Shan Yue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China. She has participated in group shows at Essex Street Gallery, New York; ZH Projects, New York; Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn; Paris School of Art, Paris; and Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, UK.
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, (8, 2)∈(-2, -13.5, 8), 2020, Wax paper, wood, resin, pigment, 5 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (13.34 × 41.91 × 20.96 cm)
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, Ø(6+/-2.5), 2020, String, clay, epoxy, paint, foam, wood, 6 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 8 inches (15.88 × 34.29 × 20.32 cm)
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, (1.5,0.8)∈(-3.125,28,12)∩(5.5), 2020, Paper, string, epoxy, plaster, pigment, wood, foam, 2 7/8 × 31 3/4 × 12 inches (7.30 × 80.65 × 30.48 cm)
Stella Zhong, BOnano1220(0.25, -8.25, -11.5), 2020, Clay, string, plasticine, resin, pigment, wood, cement, 10 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (26.04 × 31.75 × 15.88 cm)
Stella Zhong, (-4.8, +/-5, +/-7.5)∉(2), 2020, Resin, clay, wood, graphite, 3 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 10 inches (7.94 × 36.83 × 25.40 cm)
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, comet without a tail, 2021, exhibition view, Chapter NY, New York
Stella Zhong, (-3.5, +/-23.9, 4.25),(+/-0.75), 2020, Clay, epoxy, plaster, pigment, wood, foam, 4 1/4 × 47 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (10.80 × 121.29 × 21.59 cm)
Stella Zhong, (1.5,0.8)∈(-3.125,28,12)∩(5.5), 2020, Paper, string, epoxy, plaster, pigment, wood, foam, 2 7/8 × 31 3/4 × 12 inches (7.30 × 80.65 × 30.48 cm)
Stella Zhong, (1.5,0.8)∈(-3.125,28,12)∩(5.5), 2020, Paper, string, epoxy, plaster, pigment, wood, foam, 2 7/8 × 31 3/4 × 12 inches (7.30 × 80.65 × 30.48 cm)
Stella Zhong, (-3.5, +/-23.9, 4.25),(+/-0.75), 2020, Clay, epoxy, plaster, pigment, wood, foam, 4 1/4 × 47 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (10.80 × 121.29 × 21.59 cm)
Stella Zhong, (-3.5, +/-23.9, 4.25),(+/-0.75), 2020, Clay, epoxy, plaster, pigment, wood, foam, 4 1/4 × 47 3/4 × 8 1/2 inches (10.80 × 121.29 × 21.59 cm)
Stella Zhong, (8, 2)∈(-2, -13.5, 8), 2020, Wax paper, wood, resin, pigment, 5 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (13.34 × 41.91 × 20.96 cm)
Stella Zhong, (8, 2)∈(-2, -13.5, 8), 2020, Wax paper, wood, resin, pigment, 5 1/4 × 16 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (13.34 × 41.91 × 20.96 cm)
Stella Zhong, Σ(79, 45, +/-2.3), (3, -1, -264), V26, 2020, Plasticine, epoxy, string, wax paper, wood, foam, plaster, paint, Cone: 78 1/2 × 45 × 45 inches (199.39 × 114.30 × 114.30 cm). Must be installed in a platform that is 6 inches tall and a minimum of 5 x 5 feet. Includes five mini cones which will be installed on the platform
Stella Zhong, Σ(79, 45, +/-2.3), (3, -1, -264), V26, 2020, Plasticine, epoxy, string, wax paper, wood, foam, plaster, paint, Cone: 78 1/2 × 45 × 45 inches (199.39 × 114.30 × 114.30 cm). Must be installed in a platform that is 6 inches tall and a minimum of 5 x 5 feet. Includes five mini cones which will be installed on the platform
Stella Zhong, Σ(79, 45, +/-2.3), (3, -1, -264), V26, 2020, Plasticine, epoxy, string, wax paper, wood, foam, plaster, paint, Cone: 78 1/2 × 45 × 45 inches (199.39 × 114.30 × 114.30 cm). Must be installed in a platform that is 6 inches tall and a minimum of 5 x 5 feet. Includes five mini cones which will be installed on the platform
Stella Zhong, BO1220(-264), 2020, Resin, clay and magnet, 1/4 × 9 × 13 inches (6.35 mm × 22.86 cm × 33.02 cm)
Stella Zhong, BO1220(-264), 2020, Resin, clay and magnet, 1/4 × 9 × 13 inches (6.35 mm × 22.86 cm × 33.02 cm)
Stella Zhong, (-4.8, +/-5, +/-7.5)∉(2), 2020, Resin, clay, wood, graphite, 3 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 10 inches (7.94 × 36.83 × 25.40 cm)
Stella Zhong, (-4.8, +/-5, +/-7.5)∉(2), 2020, Resin, clay, wood, graphite, 3 1/8 × 14 1/2 × 10 inches (7.94 × 36.83 × 25.40 cm)
Stella Zhong, BOnano1220(0.25, -8.25, -11.5), 2020, Clay, string, plasticine, resin, pigment, wood, cement, 10 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (26.04 × 31.75 × 15.88 cm)
Stella Zhong, BOnano1220(0.25, -8.25, -11.5), 2020, Clay, string, plasticine, resin, pigment, wood, cement, 10 1/4 × 12 1/2 × 6 1/4 inches (26.04 × 31.75 × 15.88 cm)
Stella Zhong, Button 003, 2020, Oil on panel, 36 × 48 × 1 1/2 inches (91.44 × 121.92 × 3.81 cm)