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Bloodline: Big Family - Family No. 1
1993
A formal family photograph begins to feel uncanny. Resemblance becomes a question about individuality, inheritance and the pressure to belong.
Artist field note
Zhang Xiaogang
The family photograph becomes a portrait of modern China.
The five in one idea
Drawing on family photographs from the Cultural Revolution era, Zhang made the family portrait carry the psychological weight of a generation.