Zhang Hongtu
Zhang Hongtu (Simplified Chinese: 张宏图; Traditional Chinese: 張宏圖; Wade-Giles: Chang Hung-t'u; Pinyin: Zhāng Hóngtú) (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.
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
References
External links
- Zhang’s official site
- Images, biography and texts from the Saatchi Gallery
- Zhang Hongtu on ArtNet.com