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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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Sleeping Boy on the Book, 2008, Bronze, 87x60x26cm
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Green Wall – Room with Flashlight, 2008, Oil on Canvas, 150x200cm
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Green Wall – Reader, 2008, Oil on Canvas, 150x200cm
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Untitled No.4, 2007, Watercolor, Acrylic and pencil on paper, 60 x 80cm
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Untitled No.2, 2007, Watercolor, Acrylic and pencil on paper, 80 x 60cm
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Landscape No.2, 2007, Oil on Painting, 2 parts, 200 x 260cm
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Description - A Week Diary 11th June 2007, 2007, Series of seven photos, 60 x 80cm
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My TV, 2006, 75×94cm×10pcs
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A week of Amnesia and Memory No. 2, 2006,Oil on paper，150 x 130cm
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Little Red Book, 2003, Oil on Canvas, 129.5 x 110.5cm
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Amnesia and Memory: television，2003，oil on canvas，200×260cm
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Big Family No.1, 2000, oil on canvas, 200×300cm
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Bloodline：Four Sister，1998，oil on canvas，150×150cm
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Bloodline Series, 1998, Oil on canvas, 147×179cm
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Bloodline：Mother and Son1993, Oil on Canvas, 149 x 179cm
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Bloodline：Big Family, 1993, Oil on Canvas, 100 x 130cm
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Tianmen，1993，oil on canvas，110×130cm
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Red baby，1993，oil on canvas,145×154cm
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Portrait in Yellow, 1993, Oil on canvas, 108 x 90cm
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Private Note: Four, No.3, 1991， Oil on Paper, 53 x 39cm
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Duplication of Space No.2, 1990
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Vast Ocean, 1989, oil on paper, 55 x 79cm
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Eternal Love (one of three), 1988, oil on canvas, 130×100cm
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Self portrait, 1983, Oil on wood, 40 x 30cm
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Cloud in the Sky, 1982, Oil on canvas, 67×117cm
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008
"Revision", PaceWildenstein, New York, U.S.A
2007
Zhang Xiaogang, Sara Hilden Museum, Tampere, Finland
2006
"Home-Zhang Xiaogang", Beijing Commune, Beijing, China
"Zhang Xiaogang Exhibition", The Art Center of Tokyo, Japan
"Amnesia and Memory", Artside Gallery, Souel, Korea
2005
"Zhang Xiaogang 2005", Max Protech Gallery, New York, U.S.A
2004
"Umbilical Cord of History:Paintings by Zhang Xiaogang", Hong Kong Art Center, Hong Kong
2003
"Amnesia and Memory", Galerie de France, Paris, France
2000
"Zhang Xiaogang 2000", Max Protetch Gallery, New York, U.S.A
1999
"Les Camarades", Galerie de France, Paris, France
1998
"Bloodline: The Big Family 1998", Hanart Taibei Gallery, Taiwan
1997
"Bloodline: The Big Family 1998", Gallery of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, China
1989
"Lost in Dreams", Gallery of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing, China |
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