Zeng Fanzhi
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Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964, Wuhan, China) is an artist based in Beijing.
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.[1]
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- ^ Steve McElroy, "Asian Contemporary Art Sets a Record", New York Times, May 27, 2008