Zhou Tiehai

signed in Pinyin and dated 2005 on the reverse

Shanghart Gallery, Shanghai
Acquired by the present owner from the above 

Generally in good condition
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"Lately, Zhou Tiehai, has extended his legendary narrative of Mr. Camel's to a more focused field of iconic works of the global art market. He recycles the images of some of the most famous and expensive modern and contemporary works, which have often obtained great successes in the auction market, to construct his own versions of successful stories. He replaces the heads of the trademark personalities by superstar artists, such as Jeff Koons and Picasso, with the portrait of Mr. Camel. The result is incredibly funny but irrelevant. They are clearly ironic. In the meantime, one can always sense a kind of self-mockery."

Hou Hanru, art critic