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“The harshness of the Chinese immigrant experience in the United States is reprised in two works, both entitled Soy Calligraphy: The Sweat shop Help Wanted Ad, 1996. One is executed in the style of Wang Xizhi(321-379 AD), the other in the manner of seal characters. Not knowing the actual meaning of the calligraphy, the viewer might well see the paintings as purely beautiful, formal exercises. But knowledge of their literary meaning suddenly makes these works more poignant than one might have first imagined.” – “Zhang Hongtu” a review by Jonathan Goodman, Art Asia Pacific, issue 15, 1997
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