R5. ZHANG XIAOGANG (b 1958)

Amnesia and memory  #7  2006  

Lithograph  
Edition  of  88
Sheet: 56 x 76 cm  
Image: 45 × 56.0 cm 

Bloodlines are characteristic of Zhang Xiaogang’s mid-career works; they are finely drawn red veins that run from figure to figure, metaphorically tying family members together.

Adapted from Karen Smith (nd: 268) Nine lives. The birth of avant garde art in new China.