SELECTED WORKS BY Zhang Hongtu
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Zhang Hongtu
Long Live Chairman Mao Series #29
1989
Acrylic and quaker oats box
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Zhang Hontu grew up through both the Chinese Civil War and the ensuing Cultural Revolution before immigrating to New York in 1982. Zhang’s Long Live Chairman Mao Series #29 portrays a humorously critical blend of these ‘diametric’ cultures, transplanting the omni-present image of Zedong from his childhood into a parody western logo. Mao’s apparition on a box of Quaker Oats - all-American emblem of wholesome goodness - is nothing short of miraculous: The image is actually the real label, altered ever so slightly. The uncanny resemblance between communist leader and puritan farmer ironically confuses propaganda, religion, and ideology with the kitsch of advertising and cult of personality; like Elvis and Jesus, once you start looking Mao can be found everywhere. |
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ARTIST INFORMATION
Zhang Hongtu's BIOGRAPHY
1943
Born in Pingliang, Gansu Province, China
Lives and works in New York
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2004
Zhang Hongtu, Selected work, William Holland & Drury Gallery, Marlboro College, Vermont
Dialogue with the Taipei Palace Museum, Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2003
Icon & Innovations: The Cross-Cultural Art of Zhang Hongtu, The Gibson Gallery, State University of New York at Potsdam
2000
New Paintings, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York
1999
Repaint Chinese Shan Shui Painting, Yale-China Association, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1998
Zhang Hongtu, New Works, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York
1996
Reflections Abroad: the Journey of Zhang Hongtu 1982-1996, Anthony Giordano Gallery, Oakdale, NY
Soy Sauce, Lipstick, Charcoal, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,Hong Kong
Chairmen Mao, Groton School, Groton , Massachussets
1995
Zhang Hongtu: Material Mao, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
1993
Material Mao, Gallery 456, Chinese American Arts Council, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004
Reinventing Tradition in New World, Schmucker Art Gallery. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg
Out of Time, Out of Place, Out of China; Reinventing Chinese Tradition in a New Century, University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
2003
Shuffling the Deck: The Collection Reconsidered, Princeton University Art Museum
A Brush with Tradition: Chinese Tradition and Contemporary Art, Newark Museum
BQE, White Box, New York
2002
Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China
AJATA-Unconquerable, the Station, Houston, Texas
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, Queens
Paris-Pekin, Espace Cardin, Paris
ConversASIAN, National Gallery, Cayman Island
2001
Cross+Overs, Market Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2000
Lineage, d.u.m.b.o. Arts Center, New York
Word and Meaning, University at Buffalo Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1999
Transience, Chinese Experimental Art at the End of the Twentieth Century, Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, travelled to University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, Oreg and The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
1998
Global Roots: Chinese Artists Working in New York, Purdue University
Kunming New York Montreal, OBSERVATOIRE4, Quebec
1997
Kimchi Xtravaganza! Korean American Museum, Los Angeles
1996
Icons of Power, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York
1995
Body Language, Jamaica Arts Center, New York
Other Choices/Other Voices, Islip Museum, New York
1994
Small World - Small Works, Galerie + Edition Caoc, Berlin, Germany
The Fifth Biennial of Havana, Havana, Cuba
Ad-Vance, Pfizer Corp. N.Y., Curated by the Museum of Modern Art, New York
Beyond the Borders: Art by Recent Immigrant, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
1993
Teddy Bear, Potato, Lipstick and Mao, Art in General, New York
Reflections for Peace, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
The Curio Shop, Artists Space, New York
1992
Four Artists from China, American Museum of Natural History, New York
1991
China Avant Garde, China National Gallery, Beijing
1990
Four Artists from China, American Museum of Natural History, New York
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Other artists in THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES: NEW CHINESE ART
Zhang Dali | Zeng Fanzhi | Wang Guangyi | Zheng Guogu | Zhang Haiying | Zhang Hongtu | Zhang Huan | Qiu Jie | Xiang Jing | Shi Jinsong | Fang Lijun | Yue Minjun | Li Qing | Wu Shanzhuan | Shen Shaomin | Li Songsong | Zhan Wang | Liu Wei | Zhang Xiaogang | Zhang Xiaotao | Cang Xin | Shi Xinning | Li Yan | Bai Yiluo | Zhang Yuan | Yin Zhaohui | Feng Zhengjie
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