Dancing On and Beneath the Great Wall Works by the Chinese artist Zhang Minjie (born 1959) Zhang Minjie began to produce stage art in 1975 for a troupe of actors based in Fengnan. He was injured in the great Tangshan earthquake of 1976, and on his recovery, returned to the troupe as an actor. He studied printmaking in the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts from 1988 to 1990, then he worked as a printmaker at the Qinhaungdao Mass Arts Centre. He is now head of the Visual Art College at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou. His work spans a wide range of media, including lithography, woodcuts, oil painting and sculpture. Influenced by his stage career, Zhang specializes in creating stage scenes on a grand scale, showing psychological effects in a whimsical manner. More here: artelino/articles/zhang-minjie.asp contemporary-chinese-art.eu/en/artists/142-zhang-minjie/183-zhang-minjie-biography.html artist.zmj.zhuokearts
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