This interview was conducted at Zhang Hongtu's studio in Brooklyn, New York on 14 October 2009.


Biography:

Zhang Hongtu (b. 1943, Pingliang, Gansu Province) is a New York-based artist.

Zhang studied at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts in Beijing and moved to New York in 1982, where he helped build a community for immigrant Chinese artists through the Chinese United Overseas Artists Association in 1987.

Some of Zhang’s works use Mao's image to reference communist China, whilst other works, like his repainted shan-shui projects combine Chinese and Western imagery and technique. His most recent works focus on the relationship between nature and the human condition. Zhang has exhibited extensively, with shows at the Princeton University Art Museum, the Guangzhou Triennial, the Havana Biennial, PS1 New York, and the New Museum in New York.


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張宏圖，1943年出生於甘肅平涼，現居紐約。

張宏圖早年就讀於中央工藝美術學院（北京），自1982年移居美國，為協助在海外的中國藝術家，他參與創立了Chinese United Overseas Artists Association（中國海外藝術家協會）。
 
張宏圖的早期作品中，運用毛澤東的形象以表達他對共產主義中國的感受。他的⟨山水畫再製⟩系列則重疊了中國山水大師的作品與西方風格，使這熟悉但陌生的兩者，產生混血的效果。他的近作則更多地關注自然和人類生存環境的關係。他的作品曾經在以下幾處展出：普林斯頓大學美術館，廣州三年展，哈瓦那雙年展，PS1美術館，新美術館等等。