Zhang Hui
(Chinese, b. 1969)
I focus my work on women and explore their lives, love, social and political status as well as the effects of commercialization and spiritual values. I try to find my own way to express these ideas. Art is also a release for me. Sometimes it is hard for me to show my artwork because there are many layers and many secrets buried within them.
The subjects of my work have always been women. I am inspired by depictions of women from many different sources. I am interested in the heroines of Chinese cinema from the thirties with their apple shaped faces, women from the imagery produced during the Cultural Revolution, beautiful girls from advertisements, fashionable girls… After many...
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