Zhang-Xiaogang

The App contains photographs of 275 selected Zhang Xiaogang’s artworks since 1981, including those that have been shown for many times on international exhibitions and those been collected by notable artistic organizations and collectors.

The App also contains reviews and interview articles from two world-famous critics and curators, in which Zhang has made a vivid depiction of his artistic experience as well as featured interpretation of his own artistic creation and concept.

The App presents photographs of Zhang including Zhang in life, working at studio, and at exhibition sites.

The App also contains Zhang’s resume, chronology, publications, public collections and video;

Zhang Xiaogangs Artworks Show:
- The most critical contribution of the Bloodline series is that it reveals the faces of modern Chinese. Zhang’s portraits provide a deep and yet carefully traditional impression of the face, and suddenly give Chinese the chance to see their appearance clearly. His works can be considered the neoclassical representations of modern people, and public representations of modern China.
- In Zhang’s paintings, a person is not a mere individual; he is an individual within a society or family, who possesses a strong hereditary trait or code from society. Furthermore, the artist’s personal experiences are the foundation for such societal code or hereditary gene.
- He goes from portrayals of members of a family to depictions of mundane household wares, and then to landscapes from memory and experience. Through the portrayals of family to the sceneries surrounding a family, the artist presents a unique modern culture, which associates the intimacy of oneself to history, memory and ideology. It’s precisely due to this culture that we are given the opportunity to establish a new kind of dimensional understanding on the basis of the modern day culture.

App Features:
- Bilingual: English and Simplified Chinese, interchangeable through setting;
-Visual premium to zoom in for larger image;
- Extend info for specified works
- You may read the latest news about this artist in the “News” section
- 20 super-size HD digital artworks containing Zhang’s electronic signature;
- Sharing the App or each piece of work with friends on Twitter and Facebook;
- Some artworks available for sale on Artdepot.cn.
- Added the ability to update works and photos via small update packages, so it can keeps all works up-to-date in an easier way

Notice:
The App is operated in iOS 4 or higher edition operation system. The digital artworks require network supporting for super-sized HD photographs. Please keep connected to the network while downloading.