April 15, 2000 — April 27, 2000 76 Grand Street, New York Zhang Huan is trying to open a new approach to performance art, bringing it closer to dance and theater, and to life. He is working to combine the charismatic power of the great solo performance artists with the epic imagery of ambitious theatrical productions. He is also trying to create a performative structure in which the intense physical, intellectual and emotional experiences of the artist can be shared with his fellow performers and with the audience. Huan's exhibition at Deitch Projects, My America, was a startling presentation of photographs and video based on Zhang Huan's November 1999 performance, Hard to Acclimatize, at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. The artist constructed a three-tiered scaffold in the museum's central court and directed an astonishing performance with fifty-six naked volunteers.