“没有文化的军队是愚蠢的军队，”毛泽东曾经这样写道，“而愚蠢的军队是不能战胜敌人的。”
“An army without culture is a dull-witted army,” Mao Zedong wrote, “and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.”
1982年，张宏图离开中国来到纽约，寻求更多创作自由。他的悟性可不低，尤其在创作这位国家主席的肖像画方面。他画过裸露上身的毛泽东、扎着小辫的毛泽东、印在桂格麦片桶(Quaker)上的毛泽东，还有一只眼睛、两张嘴巴的毛泽东。他甚至还做了一个不具实用型的乒乓球台，中间依照毛泽东的轮廓挖了两个洞。
Zhang Hongtu, who left his native China for New York in 1982 seeking more creative freedom, could never be accused of dull-wittedness, especially when it comes to iconography of the Chairman. He has painted Mao shirtless, Mao with pigtails, Mao as a Quaker (on a cereal container) and Mao with one eye and two mouths. He has even built an unplayable Ping-Pong table with Mao-shaped cutouts.
在将近半个世纪的创作生涯中，张宏图巧妙、间或隐晦地嘲弄中国传统以及东西方对比的固有观念。美国的第一场张宏图作品回顾展从10月18日（周日）至明年2月28日在皇后区博物馆(Queens Museum)举办。这场展览汇聚了他的50多件作品，包括他在中国时创作的素描以及“酱油书法”和“再造的风景”等系列，在后面这个系列里，他把西方现代主义风格和中国传统绘画风格结合在一起。
Mr. Zhang’s career of almost half a century, which plays subtly and at times deviously with Chinese traditions and East versus West stereotypes, is the subject of a first-ever American survey at the Queens Museum, opening Sunday, Oct. 18. It brings together more than 50 works, including sketches from his days in China and series like “Soy Sauce Calligraphy” and “Remade Landscapes,” paintings that mash up Western modernist and classical Chinese styles. (Through Feb. 28, queensmuseum.org.)