Artist field note

Zeng Fanzhi

The face as social armour.

Mask Series by Zeng Fanzhi — Example from the series
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Mask Series

1990s

Repeated masked figures turn social performance into a portrait of urban anxiety.

The five in one idea

Zeng turned the polished face of social success into a picture of what it costs to perform it.