In his Dust Series , Zhang Zhenyu places his new canvases outside his Beijing studio, and exposes them to the Beijing urban dust and pollution .
The smoke and oil particles coming out from the cars and trucks passing by are deposited on the canvas as well as the city dust and pollution .
After a few weeks, he takes the work back into his studio and carefully polishes its surface with lacquer.
As he repeats the process dozens of times the artwork becomes shiny with a surface which is neither opaque nor transparent, but glowing with layers of urban experience.
The smoke and oil particles coming out from the cars and trucks passing by are deposited on the canvas as well as the city dust and pollution .
After a few weeks, he takes the work back into his studio and carefully polishes its surface with lacquer.
As he repeats the process dozens of times the artwork becomes shiny with a surface which is neither opaque nor transparent, but glowing with layers of urban experience.
