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Zhang Xiaogang — Young Man
Zhang Xiaogang

Young Man

2013

A haunting yet tender bronze sculpture by Zhang Xiaogang, *Young Man* renders the human figure with the same dreamlike, emotionally restrained quality found throughout the artist's celebrated painted work. The hand-painted surface bridges the worlds of painting and sculpture, infusing the bronze form with muted, ghostly tones reminiscent of faded family photographs. Mounted on the artist's own plinth, the work extends Zhang's ongoing meditation on memory, identity, and the psychological residue of collective history in modern China.

Medium
hand-painted bronze, on artist's plinth

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 17, 2016

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Zhang Xiaogang, Young Man, 2013

A haunting yet tender bronze sculpture by Zhang Xiaogang, *Young Man* renders the human figure with the same dreamlike, emotionally restrained quality found throughout the artist's celebrated painted work. The hand-painted surface bridges the worlds of painting and sculpture, infusing the bronze form with muted, ghostly tones reminiscent of faded family photographs. Mounted on the artist's own plinth, the work extends Zhang's ongoing meditation on memory, identity, and the psychological residue of collective history in modern China.

Medium
hand-painted bronze, on artist's plinth
Year
2013
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Figurative Sculpture, Melancholic Mood, Male Artist, Socialist Realism, Portrait Subject, Chinese Artist, Hand-painted, Monochromatic Tones, Muted Tones, Contemporary Master, Late 20th Century, Bronze Medium, Hand-Painted Surface

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