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Zhang Hua’s sculptures are light and dreamy yet delightfully real. If only you could join the kids in their frolic or the girls in their careless dances!
In Zhang Hua’s work, you will be sure to find lithe forms defined in fluid lines, evoking the exuberance of life. From the crumple of the fabric to the grace of muscle bending, each aspect of his sculpture is fine and evocative. The figures are elongated with thin extended limbs, echoing the works of Swiss modernist sculptor Giacometti, but in Zhang Hua’s sculptures, human figures are invariably caught in mid-action and never appear still, posed and static. It is this dynamism and the gaiety of the bodies that arrest the eye.
Zhang Hua draws on childhood memories in his works. Flying is a common motif in many of his works, groups of children are seen engrossed in play like the ‘Old Eagle Chasing Chicks’ or preparing to take off on imaginary wings in ‘Flying Dreams’. The innocence of desire and the belief in possibilities is perhaps what is most strongly conveyed in his sculptures. As such, there is an easy charm in his works that inadvertently reminds one of the magical qualities of one’s younger days.
The artist’s works have been installed in Beijing's International Sculpture Park which houses a wide variety of works by leading contemporary Chinese sculptors, the China Olympic Park and in Seoul, as a gift from the Chinese government. Zhang Hua recently won the Silver award with his “Water Beauties” for the 2008 Olympic Landscape Sculpture Design Competition International Exhibition.
