THE HUFFINGTON POST
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| "The Last Supper" by Zeng Fanzhi |
CHINA---"The Last Supper" is heading to auction. But if you're expecting Jesus, Judas and the gang, you've got another thing coming. This unorthodox -- and very pricey -- take on Da Vinci's classic was rendered over 500 years later and quite a ways across the globe. "The Last Supper" we're admiring is by Chinese contemporary artist
Zeng Fanzhi, an art icon known for documenting the psychological toll that his country's economic reform has had on its citizens. Made in 2001, the painting was part of Fanzhi's "Mask" series, which examines selfhood and deception in modern China. This influential work is heading to the auction block as part of Sotheby’s
Hong Kong 40th Anniversary Evening Sale, where it's expected to sell for $10 million dollars. [
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