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M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong. By donation, © Zhang Peili
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Sigg Galleries, 203
Zhang Peili 張培力
Continuous Reproduction 25 Times 連續翻拍25次
1993
This work consists of twenty-five monochromatic photographs arranged in a grid of five rows. Each photograph features the same smiling young woman with other young people. The photographs become increasingly fuzzy, with the last being almost unreadable. To produce this work, Zhang Peili photographed a propaganda image from China taken in the 1950s. His photograph was then photographed, and he repeated this process to create the twenty-five prints. With each photograph, details were lost, resulting in a growing blurriness. While the distinctions between neighbouring photographs are minute, the difference between the first and the last photographs in the series is stark. Zhang’s work, including oil paintings and videos, often incorporates repetition to question systems of representation. Here, he uses the process of photography and the element of time to reflect on distortions and losses in representations of Chinese history, while also displaying the limitations of the medium of photography.
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