Zeng Fanzhi (Chinese, born 1964), 曾梵志


Untitled (Portrait of Lawrence Schiller) 2007signed and dated 2007oil on canvas61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in)
|ProvenanceAcquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2007曾梵志無題（勞倫斯·席勒肖像）油彩畫布2007年作簽名: 曾梵志 2007 Zeng Fanzhi來源現藏家在2007年直接得自藝術家Emmy-winning director, award-winning photographer, and best-selling author, Lawrence Schiller is also a photojournalist for publications including Life and Time, Stern and The Sunday Times and best known as a photographer of Marilyn Monroe. In 2012, he released his book Marilyn & Me, a compilation of photographs including the images he took shortly before Monroe's death, commemorating his experience photographing the Hollywood icon. An avid collector of Chinese contemporary art, Mr. Schiller began his collection in 2002 when he visited China for a project to document the country's contemporary history. During his multiple trips to China, he met and befriended many artists, among them Zeng Fanzhi. Figures with large heads and exaggerated features painted in a highly expressionistic style characterize Zeng's portraits, which draw influences from German Expressionism in its saturated colors and gestural brushstrokes, as seen in his depictions of Pablo Picasso, Lucian Freud, and Francis Bacon. Positioned on the right side of the composition against a raw background, Mr. Schiller is rendered with dynamic smeared brushstrokes. Our attention is immediately drawn to his heavily textured white beard, contrasting against bold applications of predominantly red, pink, and yellow brushstrokes on his visage. Zeng captures Mr. Schiller in pensive thought, dressed in a timeless brown leather jacket, gazing into the distance.畫中人物是艾美獎得獎導演、攝影師和暢銷書作家勞倫斯·席勒的肖像。席勒先生是《生活》、《時代雜誌》、《亮點》和《星期日泰晤士報》等多個出版刊物的攝影記者，而他最聞名的工作是作為瑪麗蓮夢露的個人攝影師。 於2012年，他發行了《Marilyn & Me》，把一系列照片集結成書，當中包括在夢露去世前不久拍攝的照片，以紀念他拍攝好萊塢偶像的經歷。席勒先生同時是一位狂熱的中國當代藝術收藏家，自2002年開始收藏。當時他為了紀錄中國當代歷史而遊訪中國，在多次訪華期間結識了許多藝術家，其中包括曾梵志。曾梵志的肖像畫以標誌性的表現主義手法，描繪大頭和誇張的人物特徵。飽和的色彩和動態筆觸都反映德國表現主義的影響，這亦可見於他對巴勃羅·畢加索、盧西恩·弗洛伊德和弗朗西斯·培根的描繪。這裡可見席勒先生位於作品右側，在簡約的背景襯托下，人物採用動態塗抹的筆觸渲染繪製。觀者被肖像的紋理粗糙的白鬍子所吸引，與席勒先生臉上的紅色、粉紅色和黃色的大膽筆觸形成鮮明對比。曾氏捕捉席勒先生沉思默想的一刻，只見他穿著一件永不過時的棕色皮衣，那曾捕捉精湛片刻的雙眼凝視著遠方。