zhang
beili
The Architect of Chinese Video Art In the sweeping narrative of contemporary Chinese art, few figures loom as large or as provocatively as Zhang Peili. Born in 1957 in the historic city of Hangzhou, Zhang emerged from a foundational training in oil painting at the …
A portrait built from zhang beili's own colours
Every 5 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
