Beijing-based photographer, Zhang Dali's pairs manipulated photographs from Mao-era China, with unaltered images from original negatives, showing how photography was used as a propaganda tool, exemplify the use of artistic censorship for political motives. Zhang Dali is known for Demolitions, photographs of his graffiti work, as AK47, in which he made graffiti profiles on buildings that were in the process of being demolished, on walls, bridges and underpasses, all over Beijing Zhang Dali's work was shown in the 2002 Guangzhou Triennial, ARCO 2002, and Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China ,China Art Now (Singapore Art Museum), Contemporary Chinese Photography (Finland Museum of Photography, Helsinki), Hot Pot (Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo), Beijing in London (ICA), and Fuck Off (Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai). His work will be included in the fall at the Gwangiu Biennial, S. Korea and Duke University, as well as Kiang Gallery in Atlanta.