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Tang Zhigang
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- Tang Zhigang
- Chinese Fairy Tale: Beach
- signed in Chinese and dated 2005
- oil on canvas
- 55 1/8 by 70 7/8 in. 140 by 180 cm
Exhibited
Shenzhen Art Museum, An Open Space of Encunters: 2005 Contemporary Chinese Oil Painting, illustrated in color
Literature
Meeting in Painting: Tang Zhigang, Hong Kong, 2004, p. 25, illustrated in color
Catalogue Note
A veteran painter who spent most of his career as a military artist, Tang Zhigang covered the Sino-Vietnamese war in 1984, and later depicted army life with an acerbic humor that gradually put him in a league with contemporary artists. His Children in Meeting series has become widely popular since its first exhibition in 2000. Taking children as his subject, Tang depicts them in situations usually reserved for adults in official positions; the paintings are intended as farcical riffs on modern Chinese society.