Zhang Hongtu: Remaking Van Gogh and Bodhidharma

Volume 17, Number 4, July/August 2018
by Mai Mang


Article Description

Mai Mang explores a series of ink paintings by Zhang Hongtu that blurs the binaries of East and West. Zhang Hongtu reimagines Vincent van Gogh’s self-portraits rendered in the style of Bodhidarma, creating a surprising hybrid through combining two different cultures and epochs.


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Mai Mang, Yibing Huang, Zhang Hongtu, hybridity, Vincent Van Gogh, Bodhidarma, ink painting