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Liu Zheng 
Revolutionary Opera Performers, Beijing 
1998 
  
Gelatin silver print 
© Liu Zheng, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York 
  
 
LL/33411 
  
Here Liu explores the influence of traditional Chinese history on contemporary Chinese society as well as the level of performance involved in the processes of depicting and constructing Chinese identity. Liu's assertion, "my compatriots are not only the subject of my work, but also the rightful owners and audiences for my work," makes clear his intention for The Chinese to function as a tool for collective identity reconstruction.
 
Liu Zheng, Liu Zheng: The Chinese. New York: International Center of Photography; Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2004. p. 140. 
 

 
  
 
  
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