Maison Dior

Maison Dior Beijing has officially opened at Taikoo Li Sanlitun.As a tribute to the profound friendship between Christian Dior and the artists of his era, the new Maison Dior has also been designed as an art space showcasing a wealth of exceptional artworks.Among them is The World-280IN2323 by artist Xu Zhen.

Since its launch in 2011, the oil painting series The World has become one of Xu Zhen’s most recognizable bodies of work.By squeezing oil paint out of pastry bags and applying it in the same manner as decorating cream cakes, the artist creates pieces that retain the smooth, sweet texture of real cream, while their dense visual effect and exaggerated scale produce a surreal, illusory spectacle.

Beneath its authoritative title, The World reflects the euphoria of a globalized hedonistic trend.Amid the dazzling, mouth‑watering profusion of cream‑like blooms, the work reveals a subtle structural relationship between material and support.Layers and space are subtly integrated into the artist’s reflection on painting and action.

A cream‑like world, or a world‑like cream — with an optimistic tone, it faithfully depicts a reality that is pleasurable, frenzied, and deeply sensual.