This Is Lead Free?“Bloodline: The Big Family No. 3.” by Zhang Xiaogang. Photo: Sotheby's. Saved from the nytimes.com
In addition to lead laden painted toys, poisonous tooth paste, substandard medicines and a myriad of other deadly daily supplies, China also exports hot contemporary arts by Chinese artists in their 40s and 50s. The above oil on canvas was sold more than 6 million to a Taiwanese-born collector in the US, almost doubling the original estimate. China is ranked 3rd in the auction world, ahead of the French and behind US and Britain. As far as hotness meter goes, Zhang is ahead of Jeff Koons but hehind Damien Hirst, a guy who specializes in dead animals in formaldehyde. What's the point of this post, really nothing, there is no point. Perhaps I am just happy to see China is able to export something high quality and high priced. Let the French do the mass produced luxury, and we will hit the world with million dollar paintings.
Source: The New York Times.
it's not fair, now I can afford the cheap LCD TV, HDTV Turner, Broadband TV decoder, video phone set and Eee PC
ReplyDeleteAnd a lunar module to send people to the moon and many other things like specially designed cryogenic [super low temperature] sea vessels that transport liquefied natural gas [LNG] between continents, etc.
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