This title is the first major monograph on Zhang Xiaogang (b. 1958), a leading Chinese contemporary artist, world-renowned for his haunting, surrealist works. Both a retrospective of his work and a biography of his fascinating life, Zhang Xiaogang: Disquieting Memories will be a key resource for academia and art enthusiasts alike. The luxurious book also includes an illustrated chronology featuring personal photographs from the artist´s archive along with never-before-published correspondence dating from the early 1980s with his closest friends, offering an inside view of everyday life in China as well as historic movements and political events.