Of Eros of Dust — Xinyue Zhang

Installation 2025 at Hannam House, Seoul, South Korea
Curated by 13B Gallery

Of Eros of Dust

UV print, tissue paper, fire, wood, sand, found materials, artist’s tools
90cm x 90cm x 100cm

Of Eros of Dust in its original installation is presented as a half-burnt down tent in its ruins. It is a personal narrative of love and affection, particularly the artist’s relationship with her mother.
It presents the fluid and circular dynamic of identity and relationships, like flame and ashes in a cycle of destruction and reconstruction.

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Byung-Chul Han described it as “being able not to be able”, a state of powerlessness when confronted by love:

“......instead of affirming myself, I lose myself in (or for) the Other, who then rights me again.”

Installation 2023

Xin Zhang