Tracking the era of reform on canvass
By Chong Zi | China Daily | Updated: 2008-03-15 07:57
Some Chinese painters have come to see the paintbrush as a kind of golden goose.
A Jeep Grand Cherokee. A 2007 BMW convertible. Two apartments in Soho New Town, a cityscape in the east of Beijing.
A 40-something friend of mine has had all of them over the past 15 years. And he has oil paintings - of young girls in costume and in the nude - and wealthy buyers to thank.
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