Zhang Jianhua
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“I am not just trying to criticize my country for the sake of it. I want my country to be better." -Zhang Jianhua
BEIJING - It is not easy to forget an encounter with Zhang Jianhua’s sculptures of Chinese coal miners; that is, if one is lucky enough to see them.
Many of the life-size works depict miners sitting on the ground in their black rubber boots wearing looks of sheer fatigue. Some stare blankly into the distance or prop up their heads with both hands, their faces fixed in nameless agony.
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