Zhang XiaoGang

Zhang Xiao Gang was born in 1958 in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in southern China. He is a renowned artist of contemporary art of China, and he is also considered as one of the most authoritative painters. Throughout his career, Xiao gang has succeeded in exploring different social, philosophical subjects, which has made it possible for him to develop a distinctive style and sobriety in his artwork. Xiao gang employed his own life experiences and those of his close friends as well as his emotional turmoil to turn his thoughts into surreal and symbolic paintings. His Surrealist-inspired, stylized portraits executed in smoothly rendered oil paint maintain a formal and stiffly posed aesthetic, focusing on the aftereffects of the Cultural Revolution and the meaning of family, history, and memory in China today.