This interview was conducted at Zhang Wei's studio in Beijing on 9 July 2009.
Biography:
Zhang Wei (b. 1952, Beijing) is an artist and is based in Beijing.
After returning from ‘re-education’ during the Cultural Revolution, Zhang met Zhao Wenliang, Yang Yushu, Shi Zhenyu and others and in 1971 became a member of the No Name Group. When their first exhibition was stopped by government authorities, Zhang organized an unofficial exhibition for the group on 31 December 1974 at his home in Beijing’s Western District.
In 1986, along with ten other artists, Zhang made his first trip to the United States. He subsequently settled in the United States, but has returned to China and has made his base in Beijing.
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張偉，1952年出生於北京。畫家，現居北京。
文革時期曾插隊，回京後自學畫畫。後認識趙文量、楊雨澍和石振宇等人，並於1971年加入「無名畫會」這一民間藝術組織。畫會首個展覽遭政府禁令後，1974年12月31日，張偉安排畫會將展覽在其家中舉行（西城區），是為「地下」展覽。
1986年，張偉連同十位中國的藝術家，應美國紐約藝術機構之邀，前往美國。此後於美國居留。近年返國，現居北京。
In 2006, Asia Art Archive began a focused archiving project called 'Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980-1990'. This project aimed at developing a comprehensive collection of primary research materials including books, periodicals, newspapers, exhibition brochures, invitations, video recordings, correspondence, and other relevant documents.
As part of this project, AAA digitised more than 80,000 items of material from personal archives to include artists Mao Xuhui, Wu Shanzhuan, Zhang Xiaogang, and Zhang Peili; curators and critics Fei Dawei, Lu Peng, and Zheng Shengtian; as well as the archives of Tokyo Art Gallery. As part of the research process over 75 in-depth interviews with key artists, curators, and critics were conducted. From a portion of these interviews, AAA created a documentary film about experimental art in South China (Guangzhou) in the 1980s entitled From Jean-Paul Sartre to Teresa Teng: Contemporary Cantonese Art in the 1980s.
AAA’s 1980s archiving project culminated with the launch of a comprehensive website portal called www.china1980s.org in September 2010.
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