{"product_id":"16318-zeng-fanzhi","title":"Zeng Fanzhi","description":"\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003e\u003cFONT size=2\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eZeng Fanzhi (*1964 in \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"st1\" ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:City w:st=\"on\"\u003eWuhan\u003c\/st1:City\u003e, \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003eChina\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e) is best known for his series of mask paintings: people wearing simplified, schematic, white masks and with overly large hands and huge eyes that gaze at the viewer. The pictures reveal a great deal about the rapidly changing Chinese society of the mid-nineties. Yet they are always interpretations and reflections of the artist’s personal life and his own feelings, as they tell of loneliness and isolation.\u003c?xml:namespace prefix = \"o\" \/\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003cSPAN lang=EN-US style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: TheSans; mso-ansi-language: EN-US\"\u003eBesides the \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eMasks\u003c\/I\u003e cycle, however, this publication contains works from all of his series, thus providing comprehensive insight into Fanzhi’s oeuvre. Among them are the early \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eMeat\u003c\/I\u003e and \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eHospital\u003c\/I\u003e cycles, which were influenced by German Expressionism, and the artist’s latest, somewhat more abstract series \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003ePortraits\u003c\/I\u003e and \u003cI style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eLandscapes.\u003c\/I\u003e\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003e\u003c\/FONT\u003e\u003c\/SPAN\u003e\u003c\/P\u003e\n\u003cP\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/P\u003e\n","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44874886152456,"sku":"9783775725323","price":45.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775725323_4c4b91c6-85ca-425e-a39a-23a5a0e37b10.jpg?v=1744150520","url":"https:\/\/www.hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/16318-zeng-fanzhi","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}