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他的名字犹如出生的地图,告知我们他的来处。而他的作品则更像一代人记忆的地图,告知我们来自何方。张湘溪最初的作品是《为了忘却的……》,这个作品中的无限细节预示着他后来一系列作品的母题:从个人的回忆到集体的回忆。他后续创作的《四世同堂》和《民工宿舍》既包含着他私人生活的细节,又囊括了很多公共回忆的信息。他在《为了忘却的……》旁边写着这样一段话:
His name is like a birth map and tells us where he is coming from. His work is more like a map of the memory of a generation, telling us where it came from. Zhang Xiangxi’s original work was “For the sake of forgetting ......”. The infinite detail in this work heralded the motif of his later series of works: from personal memories to collective memories. His follow-up “Four Generations” and “Migrant Worker’s Dormitory” contain both the details of his private life and the information of many public memories. He wrote the following passage beside “For the sake of forgetting ...”