There was the master of modern art Duchamp, the female photographer Claude Cahun, more recently, Andy Warhol, Jenine Autani, Japanese artist Morimura Yasumasa and Chinese artist Ma Liumin. Zhang Hongbo's bald figures abandon the fashion of a hairstyle, producing the individualistic feeling of today's new style. In some of his works, the baldheaded self-portrait with female features is the more attractive figure. The relationships among the figures are Zhang's personal experiences or assumptions of his relationships with lovers, relatives, friends, etc. Today, relationships are becoming even more complicated, rich and subtle.
People are more individualistic requiring more demands on others.
Therefore, of man to his love, imagination, assumption, understanding and control become an inside experience. Relationships, aloof, mentally imagined or experienced have become opposing sides in our modern society. The flowers represent the personal desire of the artist, including affection, love, friendship and understanding. With such symbols, the painter expresses what he may not physically or verbally be able to. Zhang's series is called Peephole, as in the manner of viewing, peering or peeking.