Zeng Fanzhi
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Zeng Fanzhi is an artist based in Beijing
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Zeng Fanzhi has exhibited internationally in shows including the First Triennial of Chinese Arts at Guangzhou Art Museum, China, China! at the Bonn Kunstmuseum in Germany and Paris – Pekin at Pierre Cardin in Paris. He is noted for his Mask series of portraits depicting Chinese people of the 1990s. In May 2008, one of them, Mask Series 1996 No. 6, was auctioned for $9.7 million, a record for contemporary Asian art.
His work is currently on display at the Saatchi gallery in London.
On June 11, 2010, Zeng Fanzhi arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, where for a period of two months, the Bulgarian National Art Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of his paintings. Before that visit, the artist was in Barcelona, Spain, exhibiting its work for a long period of time, from 27 October 2009 to 13 February 2010, at the Fundación Francisco Godia, a private foundation that reflects the legacy of Francisco Godia Sales, businessman and art collector.
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
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Zeng Fanzhi has exhibited internationally in shows including the First Triennial of Chinese Arts at Guangzhou Art Museum, China, China! at the Bonn Kunstmuseum in Germany and Paris – Pekin at Pierre Cardin in Paris. He is noted for his Mask series of portraits depicting Chinese people of the 1990s. In May 2008, one of them, Mask Series 1996 No. 6, was auctioned for $9.7 million, a record for contemporary Asian art.
His work is currently on display at the Saatchi gallery in London.
On June 11, 2010, Zeng Fanzhi arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, where for a period of two months, the Bulgarian National Art Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of his paintings. Before that visit, the artist was in Barcelona, Spain, exhibiting its work for a long period of time, from 27 October 2009 to 13 February 2010, at the Fundación Francisco Godia, a private foundation that reflects the legacy of Francisco Godia Sales, businessman and art collector.