| Feng Zhengjie was born on 1968 in Sichuan | | | | ceremonies now fashionable amongst certain |
| Province, China he lives and works in | | | | sections of Chinese society. |
| Beijing, China. When Zeng Fanzhi was at | | | | |
| school (1987-91), he particularly liked the | | | | EXHIBITIONS- |
| work of the German Expressionist painters. In | | | | |
| the third year of his studies, he put Soviet | | | | 2004 |
| Realism aside and began to explore | | | | |
| expressionistic approaches to painting. His | | | | • Kitsch as A Face of Chinese Society, |
| works of this period have further echoes of | | | | Vanessa Art House, Jakarta, Indonesia |
| another of his favorite artists, Beckman, but | | | | |
| when it came to creating work for his degree | | | | • Soobin Art Gallery, Singapore the |
| show, the Xiehe series, Zeng Fanzhi had | | | | Beautiful Poison, Suka Art Space, Korea |
| already established his own style and the | | | | |
| impact of the work had won him a strong | | | | 2003 |
| reputation in Chinese art circles... | | | | |
| | | | • Regards vers l'Est, Regards vers |
| Feng Zhengjie paints striking contemporary | | | | l"oust, Albert Benamou Gallery, Paris, France |
| women. With their colored hair, richly hued | | | | |
| clothes and luscious, expressive lips, the | | | | 2002 |
| women appear irresistibly dazzling. And yet, | | | | |
| the wandering expressions in their eyes | | | | • Paintings of Feng Zhengjie, M.K. |
| render them elusive and enigmatic. | | | | Ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas, |
| | | | Lithuania Packaging, Xin Dong CHENG's Space |
| These strange, unknowable eyes have become | | | | for International Contemporary Art, Beijing, |
| Feng's signature style. Feng studied to MA | | | | China |
| level at the Fine Art education department of | | | | |
| the Sichuan Academy of Fine Art between 1988 | | | | 2001 |
| and 1995. After 1989, Feng rejected both | | | | |
| socialist realism and Western academic art, | | | | • Coolness, Common Ground Art Gallery, |
| turning instead to the questions raised by | | | | Windsor, Canada |
| China's emerging contemporary art scene. He | | | | |
| developed a more critical outlook with | | | | 1996 |
| regards to society. | | | | |
| | | | • Recounting of Skin, Art Museum of |
| In response to the new issues confronting | | | | Capital Normal University, Beijing, China |
| China, Feng Zhengjie decided to take | | | | |
| inspiration from the popular images he had | | | | Conclusions: |
| grown up with in rural Sichuan. Critics are | | | | |
| unanimous in placing Feng's paintings in the | | | | Feng Zhengjie had already established his own |
| realm of the critique of contemporary | | | | style and the impact of the work had won him |
| consumer society; this was especially clear | | | | a strong reputation in Chinese art circles. |
| in the "Romantic Trip" series, which pictured | | | | |
| young couples in the expensive wedding | | | | What to Do Next... |