ZHANG XIAOGANG

The first major monograph on Zhang Xiaogang (b.1958), the most important and influential Chinese contemporary artist of his generation The art of Zhang Xiaogang is a fixture in many major museum collections – works can be seen at MoMA, Tate Modern and the Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney – and commands millions of dollars at auction A retrospective of his haunting, surreal paintings and a biography of his dramatic life, this book is a key resource for academia and art enthusiasts alike Never-before-published correspondence offers an inside view of everyday life in China providing an important historical and political context for his art An illustrated chronology meanwhile features personal photographs from the artist’s archive