Sheng Qi
Chinese · b. 1965 · Painter, Photographer
Sheng Qi is a Chinese performance artist and painter. He was one of the original founders of the Chinese performance art group, Concept 21. Sheng Qi graduated from Beijing… (Wikipedia)
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History of Red and Black - Mao (diptych)Ravenel · HK$144,000≈ $18,478≈ £12,742≈ €15,014Sign up to see
Pope Paul IIRavenel · HK$84,000≈ $10,838≈ £7,220≈ €10,244Sign up to see
Red GuardsRavenel · HK$60,000≈ $7,713≈ £4,686≈ €5,404Sign up to see
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Sheng Qi is a Chinese performance artist and painter. He was one of the original founders of the Chinese performance art group, Concept 21. Sheng Qi graduated from Beijing Academy of Art and Design in 1988. In 1989, in protest to the massacre at Tiananmen Square, he chopped off the little finger on his left hand and buried it in a porcelain flowerpot, which remained in Beijing during his subsequent exile in Europe.
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