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 hang Peili (1957 Hangzhou) is one of the country’s pioneering video artist. He was the first Chinese artist to create a video art work, back in 1988, when he taped himself washing a chicken, over and over again, as an example of the absurdities of modern China. His works is often infused with sharp social and political commentaries. Another well known piece“Water: Standard Pronunciation,” tapes a former television news broadcaster reading all the words in a Chinese dictionary that start with water into the camera like a newscast. The piece was widely viewed as a critique of the official news media in China and how the nation’s broadcasters jabber endlessly without saying much, yet the viewer is awash in an ocean of words. Zhang also paints and creates installations that are critiques of the social, political and authoritarian environment in China. Now teaches at the China Art Academy in Hangzhou, formerly known as the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. |
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Swimmer in the Summer, 1983, Oil on canvas, 172×170cm
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Word: Wei, No.3, 1991, Installation
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Untitled, 1988, Oil on canvas, 100×134cm
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A Report on the Hepatitis A Infection in 1988, 1988, Glass, gloves, lacquer, plaster, 5 parts, 31×19cm each
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X ? Series No.4, 1987, Oil on canvas, 180×200cm
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Works No.1- Yang Shadowboxing Series, 1986.6, Performance, (cooperate with Song Ling, Geng Jianyi, Wang Qiang)
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The Report of a Type Hepatitis in 1988, 1988, installation
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Solo Exhibitions:
2008
“Zhang Peili,” Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
2006
Phrase, Beijing ‘Currents’ Art Space, Beijing, China
2000
Artist Project Rooms, Arco2000, Art & Public, Madrid, Spain
1999
Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1998
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, U.S.A.
1997
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
The Art Centre, Centres of Academic Resources Chulalongkom, Bangkok, Thailand
1996
Video Forum, Art27’96, Art & Public, Basel, Switzerland
1993
Maison des Cultures du Monde, Galerie du Rond Point, Paris, France
Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France |
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