“Eternity” is a series of sculptural installation that fuses together and immortalizes classics of art history and great civilizations. Statues of Greek gods or Chinese divinities and modernist sculptures are replicated using mineral composite, taking on the form of visual hybrids. “Eternity” brings global civilization into a broader perspective against the East-West cultural collision, showcasing the influence of the traditional Orient and the modern Occident on contemporary life. The juxtaposition of two visual experiences provides a unique sensory perception of cultural heritage. The tension of forms and aesthetics between the East and the West, the ancient and the modern, the figurative and the abstract creates a timeless classic moment.

The Soldier of Marathon Announcing Victory is a masterpiece by the 19th-century French neoclassical sculptor Jean-Pierre Cortot. It depicts the classic scene of an ancient Greek soldier running at top speed from Marathon to Athens to announce victory. XU ZHEN® combines it with the ancient Greek sculpture A Wounded Galatian, echoing the exploration of the ultimate in the human body. While playing with an acrobatic aesthetics on the human body language, the work pushes to the extreme the wrestle of cultural symbols and triggers a reflection on the collision of civilizations, wars, and historical narratives.