In Self Portrait, Zhang Hong Mei develops her own image in an abstract key, mixing painterly gesture and weaving to evoke not only personal identity, but also the universe of visual fragments that constitute the artist’s memory.
In Self Portrait, Zhang Hong Mei develops her own image in an abstract key, mixing painterly gesture and weaving to evoke not only personal identity, but also the universe of visual fragments that constitute the artist’s memory.
The face is suggested by geometric overlays, fragments of colored fabric, areas of gold, blue, and red. The composition oscillates between portrait and abstraction, blending the personal and the universal.
Contemporary abstract self-portrait
Textile-painting combination
Chinese identity symbolism