Page B:Bookmarks as memories of the world, I am always one line behind.

Etching on paper
50 x 32 cm / 60 x 39.3 cm (Framed)

Regular price £837.00
About the Artwork

"Bookmarks as Memories of the World, I Am Always One Line Behind" is the title of Chapter II of Alson Zhao’s ongoing project, "The World’s Largest Book", which begins with a series of seven etchings. The works draw an unlikely dialogue between Japanese director Shuji Terayama’s 1977 short film "Reading Machine" and the Kuthodaw Pagoda, a Buddhist architectural complex built in 1868 in Mandalay, Burma. The seven prints unfold as seven chapters of a book, weaving together the tangled conditions behind the meaning and making of the pagoda, the enigma of Terayama’s mind, the materiality of printmaking, and the cyclicality of history.

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Medium: Etching on paper

Year: 2026

Size: 50 x 32 cm / 60 x 39.3 cm (Framed)

Ready to Hang: Yes

The work is framed and ready to be hung

Alson Zhao

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Alson Zhao was born in 1999 in Yunnan, China. He is currently completing an MA in Art and Ecology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Buddhist and Pali Studies from Shan State Buddhist University, Myanmar, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Alson recently participated in Imprint 2026 in London. His work has been published in LEAP magazine, and his prints are held in the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection.

Hypha Studios Artist: 'All Kinds of Oddkin', curated by Steph Tudor and Judit Agui, at Hypha Gallery HQ Euston (2026)

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