Xiaogang Zhang

Born in 1958, in China
Lives and works in Beijing (China)

Having grown up during the Cultural Revolution, Zhang Xiaogang explores themes of memory and individual identity in the context of Chinese collectivism.

Biography

After initially working in an expressionist style with a surrealist iconography, in 1993 Xiaogang began a series of portraits, Bloodline – A Big Family,which made him famous internationally. Inspired by family photographs from the Mao era, these grey portraits depict besuited individuals with similar, impassive faces, their outlines blurred, their large eyes misty. Red lines that symbolise blood ties and affiliations to the "big Chinese family" link the figures, while slight variations in hairstyles and coloured marks on their faces suggest individuality and inner wounds. Xiaogang’s melancholic vision of the world then turned to landscapes and paintings of objects in the series Amnesia and Remembrance.

Bibliographic resources

Fineberg, Jonathan David ; Xu, Gary G. Zhang Xiaogang : disquieting memories. New York : Phaidon Press Limited, 2015.

Zhang Xiaogang, William Yang. The China project : three decades, the contemporary Chinese collection : Zhang Xiaogang, shadows in the soul : William Yang, life lines. Australie : Queensland Art Gallery, 2009.

Pietrantonio, Giacinto Di ; Huang Zhuan ; Battiston, Eleonora... [et al.]. Zhang Xiaogang. Milano : Electa, 2008.

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From 27 January 2016 to 29 August 2016

This hang focused on a specific country and culture, China, featuring works by 11 artists.

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