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Home > Art > a splendid future for the passed

a splendid future for the passed

Photograph of light shining on two white rabbits surrounded by red fabric.
Artist

O Zhang

Date

11/17/2010

Medium

Archival digital photographic print on paper

Object Type

Photograph

Dimensions

H- 4 x W- 6 in. (10.2 x 15.2 cm)

Artist's Country of Birth

China

Collecting Area

Art by Immigrant Artists

Credit Line

The Vilcek Foundation

Accession Number

2010.22.01

Copyright

© The Vilcek Foundation

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Photograph of light shining on two white rabbits surrounded by red fabric.

About the Artist

Chinese-born artist O Zhang is best known for her photographs that focus on ideas of identity and transformation, depicting images that are both familiar and foreign. Although she was trained as a painter at the Central Academy of Art in Beijing, she soon became interested in photography and concentrated on that medium during her time at the Royal Academy of Art, London. Ironically, in London she rediscovered Chinese art, expressing the reconnection to her own culture in a foreign place through dualities. Contemporary in technique while also reflecting the artistic traditions of Chinese art, Zhang’s photographs are images of the self transplanted to the West. Having lived in both communist and capitalist systems, Zhang addresses her cross-cultural identity by putting these dualities into play. In doing so, she challenges the viewer’s preconceptions to reveal the hidden, ambiguous spaces that exist in her home country as well as abroad.

In 2004 Zhang moved to New York City, where she currently lives and works, making yearly returns to her native China. She was exhibited at the Vilcek Foundation from September 15 to November 10, 2012, as part of her solo show I Am Your Mirror.

The Artist;
[forever & today, inc.];

New York. The Vilcek Foundation. O Zhang: a splendid future for the passed, November 18-December 19, 2010.

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