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Photocopied collage on wood depicting eight orderly photocopies of a man’s face, divided into two rows, next to the words ‘Eight Bests’. The faces in the top row shows first a neutral expression, then smiling, then beaming, and then laughing. In the second row, the order is reversed. Each photocopy is accompanied by a remark concerning the movement of smile muscles and facial features.

Photocopied collage on wood depicting eight orderly photocopies of a man’s face, divided into two rows, next to the words ‘Eight Bests’. The faces in the top row shows first a neutral expression, then smiling, then beaming, and then laughing. In the second row, the order is reversed. Each photocopy is accompanied by a remark concerning the movement of smile muscles and facial features.

Photocopied collage on wood depicting eight orderly photocopies of a man’s face, divided into two rows, next to the words ‘Eight Bests’. The faces in the top row shows first a neutral expression, then smiling, then beaming, and then laughing. In the second row, the order is reversed. Each photocopy is accompanied by a remark concerning the movement of smile muscles and facial features.

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Geng Jianyi 耿建翌

The First Series of Eight Steps 第一個八拍

1991

These two works dissect the daily actions of dressing and undressing and laughing into sequential steps. They offer a rational, non-expressive approach to human behaviour at a time when the passions and idealism of the 85 New Wave were at their height. Rather than use oil paint, Geng Jianyi experimented with a conceptual method of cutting and pasting paper photocopies onto wooden boards.

M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art. ArtisTree, Hong Kong, 23 February–5 April 2016

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Object Number:

2012.1652

Object Type:

Related Makers:

Geng Jianyi (Artist)

Medium:

photocopy paper collage on board

Date:

1991

Dimensions:

overall: 122 × 160.5 × 0.3 cm

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Credit Line:

M+, Hong Kong

Copyright:

© M+, Hong Kong

About the Maker:

Geng Jianyi (born 1962, Zhengzhou) graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, in 1985. He was an early member of the pioneering avant-garde group the Pond Society and works with diverse media including oil painting, installation, and ink drawing. Geng is best known for works that represent ambivalent notions of identity and its relation to the larger world. He lives and works in Hangzhou.

Geng Jianyi Collage Visual Art M+ Collection

M+ Exhibition History

M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art, 23 February 2016 to 05 April 2016

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