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 hang Xiaogang (1958 Yunnan) is internationally recognized as one of China's most talented painters. For more than a decade, Zhang has been painting an evolving series of oil paintings based on old family photographs taken during the Cultural Revolution. The series, "Bloodlines: Big Family," began in the early 1990s and has become his trademark style. In 2007, one of his paintings sold at auction for $3.8 million, one of the highest prices ever paid for a work by a living Chinese artist. After graduating from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in the 1980s, Zhang was one of the leaders of the so-called "Sichuan School" of painters who specialized in surrealistic, folkloric and deeply psychological works. Later, he developed a more subtle and colorful style, painting what he calls "false portraits" that explore the tension between the public and private lives of people in China during and after the Cultural Revolution. In his work, Zhang makes clever use of shadows, blurred edges and watery eyes in his characters. The characters often have identical facial features, hinting at the collective nature of the Chinese family and culture. During the Cultural Revolution, Zhang hints, China evolved into a disturbing collective mob. He lives and works in Beijing. See ArtZine Profile |
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Cloud in the Sky, 1982, Oil on canvas, 67×117cm
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Bloodline Series, 1998, Oil on canvas, 147×179cm
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Description-my TV, 2006, 75×94cm×10pcs
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The Endless Love (one of three) ,1988, oil on canvas, 130×100cm
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Big Family No.1, 2000, oil on canvas, 200×300cm
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Vast Expanse of Sea, 1989, oil on paper, 78.5×54.5cm
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Tianmen，1993，oil on canvas，110×130cm
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Bloodline: The Big Family No.1
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Bloodline: The Big Family No.10，1995，oil on canvas，150×180cm
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Bloodline: The Big Family No.2，1995，oil on canvas，180×230cm
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Bloodline：Four Sister，1998，oil on canvas，150×150cm
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Amneisa and Memory:television，2003，oil on canvas，200×260cm
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Red baby，1993，oil on canvas,145×154cm
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Solo Exhibitions:
2007
Zhang Xiaogang, Sara Hilden Museum, Tampere, Finland
2006
Amnesia and Memory, Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
Home-Zhang Xiaogang, Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
2005
Zhang Xiaogang 2005, Max Protech, New York
2004
Umbilical Cord of History Paintings by Zhang Xiaogang, Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
2003
Forget and Remember, Galerie de France, Paris
2000
Zhang Xiaogang 2000, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
1999
Les Camarades, Galerie de France, Paris, France
1998
Bloodline: Big Family-1998, Hanart Taibei Gallery, Taiwan
1997
Bloodline: Big Family-1997, Gallery of the Central Academy of Faine Arts, Beijing, China
1989
Lost in Dreams, Gallery of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China |
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