Zhang Hongtu

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Zhang Hongtu (born 1943) is an artist based in New York.

Zhang was born in Pingliang. He works in a variety of media such as painting (sometimes with soy sauce), sculpture, collage, ceramics, digital imaging and installation.[1] His work explores the freedom to criticize the Chinese authorities afforded to an artist living in the West.[2]

He studied at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts in Beijing.

[edit] Selected Exhibitions

2004

Selected work, William Holland & Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Vermont

2003

Icon & Innovations: The Cross-Cultural Art of Zhang Hongtu, The Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam

2002

Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris

ConversASIAN, National Gallery, Cayman Island

2000

New Paintings, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York

1996

Soy Sauce, Lipstick, Charcoal, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Chairmen Mao, Groton School, Massachusetts

1995

Zhang Hongtu: Material Mao, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York

1994

The Fifth Biennial of Havana, Cuba

Small World - Small Works, Galerie + Edition Caoc, Berlin, Germany

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wang Ying, Reading Zhang Hongtu, University of Pittsburgh online
  2. ^ Legacy-Project.org

[edit] External links