Acquavella畫廊舉辦中國當代藝術家曾梵志在美國的首次個展
展覽時間：2009年4月2日 -- 5月15日
紐約 -- 2009年2月3日 -- Acquavella畫廊將承辦中國當代藝術家曾梵志在美國的第一次個展，時間是2009年4月2日 -- 5月15日。這次展覽將展出大約20件曾梵志新近的作品，包括新的風景系列和最近的肖像系列。而且，大部分作品將是第一次向公眾展示。曾梵志在中國當代藝術家圈子裏還是很受歡迎的。在2008年5月的香港佳士得拍賣會上，他的作品“面具系列 No.6”以970萬美元成交，也創下了中國當代藝術拍賣的最高紀錄。
“我們期待為曾梵志舉辦他在美國的第一個個展，”Acquavella畫廊總裁William Acquavella説，“從上世紀90年代開始，他的作品就在世界主要的美術館展出，並被很好的畫廊銷售。現在在亞洲，他已經是他這個時期最令人羨慕的藝術家了。他的強有力的出眾的作品不僅探究了個人，而且也展現了社會。
曾梵志出生在1964年，經歷了中國的文化大革命。他就讀于湖北美術學院，在那裏，他受到表現主義的深深影響。他畢業時的作品反映出了當時的社會和文化，也是他的試金石。而他的“面具”系列作品是他的一次突破。畫面中的中國年輕人都帶著紅領巾，他們的姿勢帶著明顯的共産主義特點，就如同卡爾•馬克思和毛主席。而他最近的抽象風景系列則是由強烈的筆觸和基本的顏色構成。
1993年以後，曾梵志開始來到北京居住和工作。他的作品廣泛的在世界上很受歡迎的美術館展覽過，包括上海美術館、中國美術館（北京）、德國波恩當代藝術美術館、瑞士伯爾尼美術館、西班牙巴塞羅那現代藝術博物館和香港藝術中心。
這次展覽同時還會推出同步畫冊。其中包括所有參展作品圖片和對藝術家本人的提問和回答。Acquavella畫廊座落在紐約79街18號。為這次展覽會在週一到週六10:00am -- 5:00pm開放。想要了解參觀資訊，請登陸www.acquavellagalleries.com 或撥打 212-734-6300。
Acquavella是一個家族式的畫廊，由Nicholas Acquavella于1921年創建。畫廊最早是專門針對義大利文藝復興時期的作品。但在1960年，William Acquavella加入他父親的畫廊後，畫廊主要經歷轉入19和20世紀許多主要藝術品，包括印象派，後印象派，立體主義和超現實主義大師的作品。目前，William Acquavella先生的女兒Eleanor，兒子Nicholas和Alexander也加入到了畫廊的運作當中。現在整個20世紀的藝術品都成為畫廊的範疇，包括抽象表現主義和流行藝術。
在過去的8年時間裏，Acquavella將很多繪畫作品和雕塑賣給世界各地的私人收藏家和博物館。畫廊也舉辦過很多美術館級的展覽，包括莫奈、埃德加•德加、塞尚、阿爾弗雷德•西斯萊、皮爾-奧古斯都•雷諾阿、卡米耶•畢沙羅、阿米地奧•莫迪裏阿尼、皮埃爾•博納爾、伊夫•唐居伊、費爾南•萊熱、畢加索、馬蒂斯、羅伯特•勞森伯格、利奧奈爾•費寧格、阿爾貝托•賈科梅蒂和約安•米羅。Acquavella畫廊獨家代理著名英國藝術家盧西安•弗洛伊德、詹姆斯•羅森奎斯特和代緬•勞比。
Michael Findlay, Esperanza Sobrino和Tsutomu Takashima是畫廊的主管。他們三人有著豐富、寬廣的經驗和資歷，覆蓋專業的藝術獲得、評估和教育領域。畫廊經營範圍包括法國、義大利、日本和西班牙，尤其是英國。
ACQUAVELLA GALLERIES PRESENTS
FIRST U.S. SOLO EXHIBITION
OF CHINESE CONTEMPORARY ARTIST ZENG FANZHI
Zeng Fanzhi on view April 2 – May 15, 2009
New York, NY – February 3, 2009 – Acquavella Galleries will present the first U.S. solo exhibition of Chinese contemporary artist Zeng Fanzhi from April 2 – May 15, 2009. Most of the approximately 20 oil on canvas works in the exhibition, featuring Fanzhi’s newest landscapes and recent portraits, will be shown publicly for the first time. Fanzhi is one of the most in-demand of his peer group, and set a new world auction record for Chinese contemporary art in May 2008, when his diptych Mask Series 1996 No. 6 sold for $9.7 million at Christie’s in Hong Kong.
“We look forward to presenting Zeng Fanzhi’s first exhibition in the United States,” said William Acquavella, President of Acquavella Galleries. “Since the early 1990s, he has been shown in major museums and sold by major galleries and is now the most admired figurative artist of his generation in Asia. His powerfully distinctive paintings explore personal identity and social convention.”
Zeng Fanzhi was born in 1964, and came of age during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. He studied at the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in his province, where he was deeply influenced by Expressionism. From his graduate work on, Fanzhi’s paintings have reflected these cultural and critical touchstones, from his breakthrough “Mask” series, featuring Chinese youths wearing the traditional bandanas of the Red Guard, to portraits of Communist figureheads such as Marx and Chariman Mao, to his recent abstract landscapes filled with intense brushstrokes and primary colors.
Since 1993, Fanzhi has lived and worked in Beijing. He has exhibited widely at acclaimed institutions such as the Shanghai Art Museum, National Art Museum (Beijing), Kunst Museum Bonn, Kunstmuseum Bern, Santa Monica Art Centre (Barcelona), and Art Centre (Hong Kong).
The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue with full-color reproductions and a Q&A with the artist. Acquavella Galleries, located at 18 East 79th Street, New York, will be open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm for the run of the exhibition. For visitor information, please visit www.acquavellagalleries.com or call 212-734-6300.
About Acquavella Galleries
Acquavella is a family-owned gallery founded by Nicholas Acquavella in 1921. The gallery first specialized in works of the Italian Renaissance, but in 1960, when William Acquavella joined his father, the focus of the gallery expanded to major works of the 19th and 20th centuries, including masters of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism and Surrealism. Recently, William Acquavella has been joined by daughter Eleanor and sons Nicholas and Alexander, and the entire scope of the 20th century is now represented, including Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art.
For over eighty years, Acquavella has sold major paintings and sculpture to private collectors and museums worldwide. The gallery has presented museum-quality exhibitions of Monet, Degas, Cézanne, Sisley, Renoir, Pissarro, Modigliani, Bonnard, Tanguy, Léger, Picasso, Matisse, Rauschenberg, Feininger, Giacometti, and Miró. Acquavella is the exclusive international agent for the renowned British painter Lucian Freud, James Rosenquist, and Damian Loeb.
Michael Findlay, Esperanza Sobrino and Tsutomu Takashima are the directors of Acquavella. Their combined experience represents a wide range of expertise in acquisition, appraisal and education. Business can be conducted in French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish as well as English.