The Fragile Resilience of Glass: The Visionary World of Zhang Àilíng Born on September 30, 1920, in the scenic landscape of Hualien, Taiwan, Zhang Àilíng (also known as chang-ling) emerged as one of the most profound and singular voices in contemporary Asian sculpture. Her artistic journey was not merely a pursuit of form, but a deep, philosophical exploration of the human condition. Shaped by her formative studies at the École Nationale Supereure d’Art de Bourges in France during the early 1960s and later enriched by experimentation at the Asia Art Archive in Hong Kong, her work represents…