The 798 zone plays a key role in the global impact of Chinese contemporary art. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]

Zhang Mu, 36, from Sichuan province, is one of the artists who has exhibited in various domestic venues but still believes in the leading role offered by the 798 Art Zone in the global contemporary art scene. His two-week exhibition at the Space Zero gallery ending late April explored interactions with the zone's visitors, applying them to oil renditions that reflected cartographic and landscape abstracts.

"As an international art hub, there may be no better platform than 798," Zhang said.