“Yize abantu abaningi bengakaze bezwe ngoZhang Zhanzhan ngaphambilini, balibonile ibhere lakhe, ibhere elibomvu,” kusho uSerena Zhao, umsunguli we-ArtDepot Gallery. “Abanye bacabanga ukuthi ukuba nesinye sezithombe eziqoshiwe zebhere likaZhang ekhaya kuzoletha injabulo. Abalandeli bakhe bahlanganisa izinhlobonhlobo eziningi, kusukela kubantwana abaneminyaka emibili noma emithathu ubudala basenkulisa kuya kwabesifazane abaneminyaka engu-50 noma engu-60 ubudala. Udume kakhulu kubalandeli besilisa abazalwa ngeminyaka yawo-1980 noma 1990s.”
Isivakashi u-Hou Shiwei emibukisweni.
Wazalwa ngawo-1980, isivakashi segalari uHou Shiwei ungumlandeli ojwayelekile. Lapho ebheka umbukiso wakamuva kaZhang eyedwa e-ArtDepot yaseBeijing, wakhangwa ngokushesha imibukiso.
“Imisebenzi yakhe eminingi ingikhumbuza okwenzeka kimi,” kusho uHou. “Isizinda semisebenzi yakhe eminingi simnyama, futhi abalingisi abaqavile bapendwe ngokubomvu ngokugqamile, okugqamisa imizwa yangaphakathi yezibalo, ingemuva elibonisa inqubo emnyama ngokukhethekile. UMurakami Haruki wake wathi uma uphuma esivunguvungwini, ngeke ufane nomuntu ongene. Yilokhu engangikucabanga ngesikhathi ngibuka imidwebo kaZhang.”
Ngenkathi evelele ekuthwebuleni izithombe eNyuvesi Yezobuciko Nanjing, uZhang wanikela ingxenye enkulu yomsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti ukuze athole isitayela sakhe sokudala esihlukile.
"Ngicabanga ukuthi wonke umuntu unesizungu," kusho umdwebi. “Abanye bethu kungenzeka abazi. Ngizama ukuveza imizwa abantu abanayo: isizungu, ubuhlungu, injabulo nenjabulo. Wonke umuntu uzizwa ezinye zalezi, ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi. Ngethemba ukuthi ngizoveza imizwa efanayo.”
"Ulwandle Lwami" nguZhang Zhanzhan.
Imizamo yakhe ibe nezithelo, abaningi bethi imisebenzi yakhe ibaduduza kakhulu futhi ibaphilisa.
“Lapho ngingaphandle, ifu ladlula, lavumela ukukhanya kwelanga ukuba kubonakale kulowo mfanekiso oqoshiwe onogwaja,” kusho esinye isivakashi. “Kwakubonakala sengathi icabanga buthule, futhi leso senzakalo sangithinta. Ngicabanga ukuthi abaculi abaphambili babamba ababukeli ngokushesha ngolimi lwabo noma eminye imininingwane.”
Yize imisebenzi kaZhang ithandwa kakhulu yintsha, ayihlukaniswa nje njengobuciko bemfashini, ngokusho kukaSerena Zhao. “Ngonyaka odlule, emhlanganweni wezemfundo wegalari yezobuciko, saxoxa ngokuthi imisebenzi kaZhang Zhanzhan ingeyobuciko bemfashini noma ubuciko besimanje. Abalandeli bobuciko besimanje kufanele babe yiqembu elincane, kuhlanganise nabaqoqi abazimele. Futhi ubuciko bemfashini buthandwa kakhulu futhi bufinyeleleka kuwo wonke umuntu. Sivumelene ngokuthi uZhang Zhanzhan unethonya kuzo zombili lezi zindawo.”
"Inhliziyo" kaZhang Zhanzhan.
Eminyakeni yakamuva uZhang udale inqwaba yezingcezu zobuciko bomphakathi. Eziningi zazo seziphenduke izimpawu zedolobha. Uthemba ukuthi ababukeli bangaxhumana nokufakwa kwakhe ngaphandle. Ngaleyo ndlela, ubuciko bakhe buzoletha injabulo nenduduzo emphakathini.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jan-12-2023