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Zeng Chuanxing
Zeng Chuanxing
Chinese, born 1974
Paperbride-Trepidation, 2008
Oil on linen
58 x 35 inches / 150 x 90 cm
Signed in English and Pinyin and dated lower left: 2008.10 Zeng Chuanxing
Signed again and titled on the stretcher: Zeng Chuanxing Paperbride Trepidation
Zeng Chuanxing was born in
Provenance
Sichuan Province in China, and
Olyvia Oriental, London
his work has been exhibited
internationally. He is best known
Exhibited
for his series of Paperbrides, which
comments on the fragility of marriage London, Olyvia Oriental, Zeng Chuanxing, October 2008
and female identity within traditional
Chinese culture.
The present example is painted in
Zeng’s typical classical realist style,
and is composed of a stillness,
serenity and melancholy that
characterises the Paperbride series.
The white wedding dress worn by
the figure draws attention to the
westernisation of marriage in the Far
East, where brides are traditionally
dressed in red.
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