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 Zhang Xiaogang (1958-)
Born in Kunming, Yunnan province, he lives and works in Beijing.
Inspired by family photographs from the Cultural Revolution period, as well as the European tradition of Surrealism, Zhang's paintings explore the notion of personal identity in a culture of collectivism. Often painted in black and white with splotches of color, his subjects are nameless and timeless, with elements of exaggerated animation and stoic expressions.
Selected solo Exhibitions:
2000 Max Protetch Gallery, New York
1999 Galerie de France, Paris
1989 Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Chongqing
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2002-03 1st Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
2002 Chinese Modernity, Armandao Alvares Penteado Foundation, Sao Paulo
Image is Power,He Xiangning Art Museum,Shenzhen
Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin,Paris
CHINaRT Museum Kuppersmuhle,Duisburg
2001 The Initial Image: Contemporary Art on Paper, Yibo Gallery, Shanghai
Hot Pot, Kunstnemes Hus, Oslo
Towards a New Image, 20 Years of Contemporary Chinese Painting, National Gallery, Beijing,then Shanghai Art Museum, Sichuan Province Art Museum, Chengdu and Art Museum of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou
Passe-murailles, Musee de Picardie, Amiens
Rouges, Galerie Loft, Paris
C’est Moi, C’est Nous, Galerie de France, Paris
2000 Portraits de Chine Contemporaine, Espace Culturel F. Mitterand, Perigueux
Futuro, Contemporary Art Centre of Macau
Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, Korea
The Dutch Gasunie, Groningen, Holland
The Chengdu Movement, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam
1998-2000 Inside Out, Asia Society, New York, MoMA San Francisco, Seattle, Monterey
1997-98 8+8-1, Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, Schoeni Gallery, Hong Kong
Avant Garde Chinese Artists, Soobin Gallery, Singapore
China Now, Kulturprojekte, Basel
Faces and Bodies of the Middle Kingdom, Chinese Art of the Nineties, Gallery Rudolfinum, Prague
Awarded Coutts Art Foundation Award
1996-97 CHINA! Kunstmuseum, Bonn, traveled to Vienna, Singapore, Copenhagen and Warsaw
4 Points de Rencontre: Chine 1996, Galerie de France, Paris
1996 Asia Pacific Triennial, Australia
Reckoning with the Past, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
1995 46th Venice Biennale, Venice
Avant Gardes Artistiques Xineses, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona
1994 22nd International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1993 New Art from China: Post-1989, Marlborough Gallery, London
Chinese Fine Art in the 1990s: Experiences of China, Chengdu
Mao Goes Pop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1992 Guangzhou Biannual, Guangzhou
1991 I Don’t Want to Play Cards with Cezanne, Asia Pacific Art Museum, California
1989 China Avant Garde, China National Gallery, Beijing
Sources include:
wikipedia.org
Saatchi Gallery
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