Zeng Chenggang

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Zeng Chenggang ( Chinese  曾 成钢 , Pinyin Zēng Chénggāng ; * 1960 in Pingyang , Wenzhou City , Zhejiang Province ) is a Chinese sculptor and university professor.

Life

Zeng studied at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts and graduated with a master's degree in 1990. From 1996 to 2000 he was the dean of the sculpture department at the China Academy of Fine Arts. Since 2000 he has been a professor at the Academy of Art and Design at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

His sculpture Three Heroes of Jianhu (1989) was shown at the 7th National Art Exhibition in China. It is in the collection of the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) in Beijing. At the Expo 2010 in Shanghai , his sculpture lotus blossom was shown , which was shown in 2011 at NordArt in Büdelsdorf . There he was awarded the Nord-Art-Preis 2010 in 2011, which is endowed with 10,000 euros.

During the 2008 Summer Olympics he was responsible for public art in Beijing .

Zeng is President of the China Sculpture Institute and Vice President of the China Artists Association.

Works (selection)

  • 1989: Three Heroes of Jianhu : The marble sculpture shows Qiu Jin , her cousin Xu Xilin and Táo Chéngzhāng (1878–1912), who are regarded as martyrs and heroes of the “democratic revolution” in Zhejiang Province.
  • 2007: lotus blossom : the sculpture made of polished stainless steel symbolizes an "always new departure".
  • 2014: Friedrich Engels statue in Engelsgarten , Wuppertal

Group exhibitions

  • 2003 First Beijing International Art Biennale
  • 2005 The Second Beijing International Art Biennale 2005

Prizes and awards

  • 1989: Gold Prize at the 7th National Art Exhibition of China
  • 1990: 1st Prize at the Second National Sports Art Exhibition in China
  • 1994: Gold Prize at the First Westlake Art Festival
  • 2004: 2nd prize at the International Olympic Art & Sports Exhibition
  • 2010: NordArt Prize

Web links

Commons : Zeng Chenggang  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Zeng Chenggang at ArtFacts
  2. ↑ a b c Zeng Chenggang on the website of the National Art Museum of China ( Memento from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Carlshütte artwork ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 713 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstwerk-carlshuette.de
  4. ↑ NordArt 2011 on the event-magazin.eu page
  5. ↑ Horst Becker: The Night of the Marionettes In: sh: z of September 20, 2010
  6. ↑ The largest contemporary art exhibition in Northern Europe was opened in the ACO Wagenremise ( Memento of the original from November 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the side of the ACO Group  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aco.com
  7. ^ Ai Weiwei: bbk berlin for the release of the artist on the website of the professional association of visual artists Berlin
  8. ↑ International Art in Büdelsdorf - NordArt 2011 ( Memento from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the ndr.de page from June 5, 2011
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Zeng is the family name here, Chenggang is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Zeng, Chenggang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese sculptor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Pingyang , Wenzhou , Zhejiang