{"id":7917,"date":"2020-11-23T14:37:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T13:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/?p=7917"},"modified":"2020-11-30T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T13:40:09","slug":"zeng-fanzhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/zeng-fanzhi\/","title":{"rendered":"ZENG FANZHI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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FOCUS ON: Chinese Contemporary Artists – ZENG FANZHI\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing.
Born and raised in Wuhan, China, Zeng graduated from the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, in 1991. <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Self-Portrait 09-8-1, Zeng Fanzhi Studio<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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During his youth Zeng was inspired by China\u2019s \u201985 New Wave movement, which saw artists search for a new, often more conceptual, language after the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and 1970s.<\/p>

Zeng closely followed and studied Western art and was particularly drawn to German Expressionism and French Romanticism, through which he observed the ways in which his predecessors processed and visualized their experiences during times of extreme societal flux.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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From 19830 Till Now No.4 - Credits ShangART Gallery<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In 2014 the Louvre commissioned a painting inspired by Eug\u00e8ne Delacroix\u2019s Liberty Leading the People (1830) for which Zeng created From 1830 to Now, No. 4; hung next to the original, it united opposing styles and times under a common theme. Similarly, in 2017 the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, presented an exhibition of four works in which Zeng bridged Vincent van Gogh\u2019s unique use of color and brushstroke with his own.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mask Series No. 6 - Credits Zeng Fanzhi Studio.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Combining imagery from Western myths and religion, Zeng reaches across culture and history, opening up an entirely new artistic language.\u00a0
Zeng Fanzhi\u2019s visually and historically complex paintings reflect his bold experimentation with, and fusion of, Eastern and Western artistic traditions.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Mammoth's Tusks, Zeng Fanzhi Studio<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOCUS ON: Chinese Contemporary Artists – ZENG FANZHI\u00a0 Zeng Fanzhi (born 1964) is a contemporary Chinese artist based in Beijing. Born and raised in Wuhan, China, Zeng graduated from the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, Wuhan, in 1991. Self-Portrait 09-8-1, Zeng Fanzhi Studio During his youth Zeng was inspired by China\u2019s \u201985 New Wave movement, …<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","category-cultural-sights"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"ZENG FANZHI | Istituto Italo Cinese","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/zeng-fanzhi\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"art,cultural sights","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"5uP0iTRe6ohSphB_QKbzHWs--dSWyRZSIHMm7KquA8c","miscellaneous":""},"schema":null,"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Istituto Italo Cinese |","og:type":"article","og:title":"ZENG FANZHI | Istituto Italo Cinese","og:url":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/zeng-fanzhi\/","article:published_time":"2020-11-23T13:37:09+00:00","article:modified_time":"2020-11-30T13:40:09+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"ZENG FANZHI | Istituto Italo Cinese"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"7917","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2021-03-16 17:16:16","updated":"2022-09-21 09:32:36","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.istitutoitalocinese.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}