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        "tombstone": "Skin, 1997. Zhang Huan (Chinese, b. 1965). Gelatin silver print; paper: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2012.101.t. \u00a9 Zhang Huan",
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        "title": "Skin",
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        "measurements": "Paper: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)",
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        "edition_of_the_work": "25",
        "copyright": "\u00a9 Zhang Huan",
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                {
                    "id": 524148,
                    "title": "Refocusing Photography: China at the Millenium",
                    "description": "<i>Refocusing Photography: China at the Millenium</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 8-November 16, 2025).",
                    "opening_date": "2025-06-08T04:00:00"
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                "description": "Unknown, probably purchased from a gallery; Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg; Cleveland Museum of Art",
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        "description": "Zhang Huan had studied classical ink painting, Western drawing and painting, and art history when he turned to performance art in 1990. There were few precedents in Chinese art, so he looked to Western genres including performance art, body art, and serial imagery. Zhang performed <em>1/2 Series</em> and <em>Skin </em>just for the camera. Living on very little money, Zhang asked himself, \u201cIs it possible to make a piece without spending any money?\u201d <em>Skin </em>was the answer. Through making it, he discovered \u201cthe potential of skin, with its traces of relaxation and aging.\u201d He came to believe that the body is \u201cthe only direct way through which I come to know society and society comes to know me. . . . The body is language.\u201d",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:16.708000"
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