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Zhang Xiaogang
[English & Italian Text]
Edited By Giacinto di Pietrantonio and Huang Zhuan
May 2009
Mondadori Electa, Milan, Italy
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9788837066109
160 Pages, 200 color
$197.50 Hardcover / Slipcase
All the principal phases of Zhang Xiaogang's highly personal painting style are retraced here, from the "Big Family" period to the dreamlike one and his photographic production. Giacinto di Pietrantonio (director of GAMEC) addresses his art from a sociological and Western standpoint and explains the phenomenon of Chinese art in terms of the market. Huang Zhuan, one of the most renowned Chinese critics, takes an inside look at the artist's various artistic periods explaining what it meant for the artist to live through the Chinese cultural revolution and Tiananmen Square. The book ends with an interview with the artist edited by Eleonora Battiston.
