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ZHOU BROTHERS CV
HONORS & AWARDS
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2015
October 16, 2015 Mayor Rahm Emanuel dedicated Honorary Zhou Brothers Way on 35th Street in Bridgeport, IL 2014 October 16, 2014 Governor Patrick Quinn proclaimed October 16th Zhou Brothers Day in Illinois 2012 President Barack Obama commissioned the Zhou Brothers to create a master work for President Hu Jintao at the US state visit. The piece, 8 Presidents and the Great Wall, was presented to President Jintao in the Oval Office, of the White House. 2011 An invitation to the White House from President Barack Obama for a private meeting with President Obama and President Hu Jintao of China for the presentation of the State gifts. Honorary professors of National University of Guangxi, China Honorary professors of Guangxi University, Guangxi, China |
2008
Distinguished Artist Award, United Nations, New York, NY 2006 Lincoln Award, Lincoln Academy, IL 2005 Golden Lion Award, Chicago, IL 2004 American Immigrant Achievement Award, American Immigration Law Foundation 1996 Kunstpreis der Heitland Foundation 1996, Celle, Germany 1st Prize Springfield Art League, 69, National Exhibition, USA 1985 National prize of the Chinese Avant-Garde of the Ministry of Culture, Beijing, China; Prize for Creativity, Peace Corps of the United Nations, Beijing, China |
EDUCATION
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1983-84
M.F.A., Painting and Fresco Painting, National Academy for Arts and Crafts, Beijing |
1978-82
B.F.A., Theater and Art, University of Shanghai, Shanghai |
TEACHING
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2013
Guest professorship at the Art Academy in Bad Reichenholl, Germany 2011-12 Guest professorship at the Summer Academy for Art, Traunkirchen, Austria |
1998-2009
Guest professorship at the Salzburg International Summer Academy for Fine Arts, Austria 1996 Guest professorship at the International Academy for Art and Design, Fachhochschule Hamburg, Pentiment, Hamburg, Germany |
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
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2015
“Water Lily pond of Life” Solo Exhibition at the Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL “Journey to Art: Zhou Brothers” Solo Exhibition at the Ed Paschke Art Center, Chicago, IL 2014 “Feeling Is Liberty” Solo Exhibition at the Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL 2013 "Zhou Brothers China Series" Solo Exhibition at Beijing 1+1 Art Centre, Beijing, China "Zhou Brothers China Series" Solo Exhibition at YongJiang Inlet Art Museum, Guangxi, Nanning, China 2012 Live Painting Performance during "Lu Yu You Yue" interview, Beijing, China "Li - The River of Souls" Solo Exhibition at the Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL Live Painting Performance "Li - The River of Souls" collaboration with the Chicago Sinfonietta at Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL "Sun Bird" realization of a bronze 50 ft tall monument sculpture in China Galerie Ragassi, Bern, Switzerland 2011 Galerie Schloss Parz, Kunstzentrum, Austria "8 US Presidents and the Great Wall" presentation in the White House, President Barack Obama's gift to President Hu Jintao of China "Time - Portrait of History" Solo Exhibition at the Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL 2010 "TIMEGATE" sculpture unveiling, Beijing, China 2009 "Art Chicago" Chicago, IL International Sommerakademie, Salzburg, Austria "CHICAGO" Realization and unveiling, Northern Trust Headquarter, Chicago, IL 2008 “Wisdom of Energy” Painting Performance at the United Nations in New York City “New Beginnings” Solo Exhibition at the Rockford Art Museum in Rockford, IL “Divergent Minds” Painting Performance at The Coronado Theater in Rockford, IL Exhibition at the Galerie Nero, Germany Exhibition at the Galerie Ragassi Bern, Switzerland “New Music PLUS Painting” for the Chicago Composers Forum at the Columbia College Conway Center 2007 Zhou Brothers – 30 year Retrospective – National Art Museum of China, Beijing Painting performance at Zhongshan Hall in The Forbidden City, Beijing, China Painting Performance at Columbia University New York, NY Zhou Brothers - 10 Jahre in Salzburg (Zhou Brothers – 10 years in Salzburg), Galerie im Traklhaus Salzburg, Austria Neue Graphische Arbeiten (New Editions), Studio Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria 2006 Ascendance. Painting Performance at Beloit College, collaboration with the poet Bei Dao and the violinist Yang Liu, WI 2005 Realization of 12 metal sculptures in ZhouB Sculpture Park, MI Galerie Ragassi Bern, Switzerland The Ring of Life, realization of an aluminium sculpture at the campus of the Swiss Paraplegic Center in Nottwil, Switzerland 2004 30 years of Collaboration I, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL 30 years of Collaboration II, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL University of Iowa, Iowa City, IO 2003 Museumspavillion der Stadt Salzburg, Austria Museum der Stadt Schriesheim, Schriesheim, Germany Zhou Brothers Art Foundation, IL Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Villa Haiss das Museum fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Zell, Germany 2002 Central Exhibition Hall Moscow "Manege", Moscow, Soviet Union Galerie Rackey, Bad Honnef, Germany Galerie Esplanade, Bad Ischl, Austria Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland Pacifica Institute, Santa Barbara, CA ART Chicago 2002, Walter Bischoff Galerie, Stuttgart/Berlin, Germany 2001 Chambers Fine Art, New York, NY Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria ART Chicago 2001, Walter Bischoff Galerie, Berlin, Germany Villa Haiss das Museum Fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Zell, Germany Walter Bischoff Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany Walter Bischoff Galerie, Berlin, Germany Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany 2000 Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA Maerz Galerie, Leipzig, Germany Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany Lakeside Gallery, Lakeside, MI World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland in co-operation with: Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland and Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany 1999 Galerie Sechzig, Feldkirch, Germany Kunstforum beim Rathaus, Hallein, Austria Galerie Van Der Straaten, Amsterdam, Netherlands Galerie Rackey, Bad Honnef, Germany Art Zuerich, Galerie Rigassi, Switzerland Art Cologne, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Germany |
1998
Internationale Sommerakademie, Salzburg, Austria Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL Krassl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI Kunst-und Kulturinitiative, Waren (Mueritz), Germany Internationale Messe fuer Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland ART Cologne, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt a.M., Germany Galerie Erik Bausmann, Mainz, Germany 1997 Galerie Erik Bausmann, Mainz, Germany Kunstverein Speyer, Speyer, Germany Nahan Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Rigassi, Bern, Switzerland Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany 1996 Art Cologne, Koeln, Germany Heitland Foundation, Gothic hall, Castle of Celle, Celle, Germany Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL Art 1996 Chicago, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL International Academy for At and Design, Fachhochschule Hamburg, Pentiment, Hamburg, Germany Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany DeSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA 1995 Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Staedtisches Museum Schloss Salder, Salzgitter, Germany Art Frankfurt, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany Museum Ludwig, Budapest, Hungary Art Multiple, International Art Market, Duesseldorf, Germany Kunstverein Rotenburg/Wuemme, Rotenburg, Germany Nahan Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Heseler, Muenchen, Germany Galerie Walter Bischoff, Berlin, Germany Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 1994 Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany Nahan Galleries, New York, NY 1993 Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany Mandarin Oriental Fine Art, Hong Kong Nahan Galleries, New York, NY Quigley Art Gallery, Clark College, Dubuque, IA 1992 Nahan Galleries, New York, NY Lloyd Shin Gallery, Chicago, IL Galerie Walter Bischoff, Stuttgart, Germany Nahan Galleries, New Orleans, LA 1991 Lloyd Shin Gallery, Chicago, IL Connaught Brown Gallery, London, England 1990 Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, CA. East West Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, FL 1989 Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, CA Hsiung Shih Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan The Art Show, Seventh Regiment Armory, Feingarten Galleries, NY East West Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL Humanities Center, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IL Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, FL 1988 Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL Ruth Volid Gallery, Chicago, IL Jerome Evans Gallery, Chicago, IL East West Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL Carl Jung Institute, Evanston, IL 1987 East West Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL Kay Garvey Gallery, Glen Ellyn, IL 1986 Osaka Gallery, Osaka, Japan Galerie Prinz, Tokyo, Japan Art Center Guilin, China 1985 National Art Museum of China, Beijing International Cultural Palast, Beijing, China Art Museum Nanjing, China Art Museum Shanghai, China Art Museum Guilin, China 1984 Art Museum Guangxi, China 1983 National Academy for Arts and Crafts, Beijing, China Ku Chan, Professor at the Central Institute for Arts and Craft, Beijing; "Flowers of the frescoes of the Huashan mountains", Zhou Ling Zhao, artist, Beijing, Jan. 1983; "A honor for the Zhuang people and the pride of China", Liao Lian Yuan, Vice governor of Guanxi, Jan. 22; "The origin of originality and the key to art", Pan Gu, Minister of Sience, Guanxi, Feb. 12, 1983; "A rebirth of art and wisdom", Yang Tai Yang, Dean of the art academy in Guanxi, Feb. 20; "My feeling after reviewing the paintings: It is the pride of our people", Qin Yingji, Governor Peoples Republic of Guanxi, published in the Guanxi Daily Newspaper, Feb. 21; "The spring flower of national art --- about the development of the secrets in the Zhou Brothers' art", Zhang Ding, Dean of the Central Institute for Arts and Crafts, Beijing; 1982 "Impressions of the Zhou Brothers' paintings", Luo Libin, Vice governor Guanxi Province; "New creations", Zhang Ding, Dean of the Central Institute for Arts and Crafts, Beijing; published in 'Art in Beijing', April 1982; National Academy for Arts and Crafts, Beijing, China |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2012
Museum De Fundatie Kasteel het Nijenhuis and the sculpture garden, Heino/Wijhe Museum Beelden AanZee, Scheveningen Badplaats, the Hague, Netherlands Galerie Ragassi, Bern, Switzerland 2011 Villa Haiss das Museum fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Zell, Germany 2006 Kuenstlerbrueder – von den Duerers zu den Duchamps, Haus der Kunst Muenchen, Germany and Palais des Beaux-Arts Bruxelles, Belgium 2005 Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Spain 2002 Guangzhou Triannual, Guangzhou, China 2000 ART Cologne, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Koeln, Germany 20 Jahre Preistraeger der Heitland Foundation, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany 1999 Spiritual Passports, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL Lockport Gallery-Lockport, IL 10 Years of Vision, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Spiritual Passports, Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, IL Southern Illinois Art Gallery, Carbondale, IL 1997 Villa Haiss das Museum fuer zeitgenossische Kunst, Zell, Germany Sculpture Project STAD(T)T-ART, Buren, Germany Duesseldorf-Andere Orte, Landtag NRW, Duesseldorf, Germany Stadtische Galerie Haus Seel, Siegen, Germany Galerie Die Welle, Iserlohn, Germany Galerie im Rathaus, Lippstadt, Germany Staedtische Galerie Altes Rathaus, Hattingen, Germany Galerie Muensterland, Emsdetten, Germany BIS Kulturzentrum, Moenchengladbach, Germany 1996 Art in Chicago 1945-95, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL Duesseldorf-Andere Orte, Orangerie Schloss Brake, Lemgo, Germany Werretalhalle, Lohne, Germany Alte Sparkasse, Duelmen, Germany Entgrenzt (15 artists from 5 continents) Staedtische Galerie-Duelmen, Germany Galerie Muensterland, Emsdetten, Germany Galerie Heseler, Muenchen, Germany 1995 ARCO, Madrid, Spain SIAC, Strasbourg, France Stockholm Art Fair-Stockholm, Sweden Graphic Messe Dresden, Dresden, Germany Art Chicago 1995, Chicago, IL Art Cologne, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Koeln, Germany Entgrenzt (15 artists from 5 continents) Institut fur Lippische Landeskunde, Orangerie Schloss Brake, Lemgo, Germany 1994 Nahan Galleries, New Orleans, LA Graphic Messe Dresden, Dresden, Germany Art Frankfurt, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany Art Chicago 1994, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL Chicago International Art Exposition, Galerie Walter Bischoff, Chicago, IL Art Chicago International Gallery Invitational, Chicago, IL Hochschule fuer Kunst, Offenburg, Germany Art Cologne, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Koeln, Germany |
1993
ARCO, Madrid, Spain The 8th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Art Chicago 1993, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL Chicago International Art Exposition, Galerie Walter Bischoff, Chicago, IL Art Frankfurt, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Germany International Art Exposition, New York, NY 1992 Art Cologne, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Koeln, Germany Chicago International Art Exposition, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago International Gallery Invitational, Chicago, IL The 7th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA The Art Show, Seventh Regiment Armory, Feingarten Galleries, NY Art Asia, Hong Kong Connaught Brown Gallery-London, England 1991 Hollywood Art Center, Miami, FL FIAC 91, Paris, France The Art Show, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY Art Miami 91, International Art Exposition, Miami, FL Art Cologne, Koeln, Germany Galerie Walter Bischoff, Stuttgart, Germany 1990 Tokyo International Art Exposition, Tokyo, Japan The 5th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Art Cologne, Koeln, Germany The Art Show, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York, NY Museum of Judaica, Chicago, IL 1989 The 4th International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA Smith Art Museum, Chicago, IL International Art Exposition, New York, NY Peace Museum, Chicago, IL 1988 International Art Exposition, New York, NY Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MA 1986 Chinese Art, Athens, Greece National Chinese Art Exhibition, National Gallery-Beijing, China 1984 The Chinese Artist Association Exhibition, Museum Guangxi, Nanning, China The New Image, National Art Academy, Beijing, China 1983 Art in Review, Art Museum Guanxi, Nanning, China Oil Painting, State Center for the Arts, Beijing, China 1982 International Youth Art Exhibition, National Gallery, Beijing, China National Minority Art Exhibition, International Cultural Palast, Beijing, China 1981 Guangxi Youth Art Exhibition, Art Museum Guangxi, Nanning, China Art Exhibition, Art Center Guilin, Guilin, China 1980 Guangxi State Art Exhibition, Art Center, Nanning, China Guangxi Art Exhibition, Art Museum Guanxi, Nanning, China 1979 Guangxi Youth Art Exhibition, Art Museum Guangxi, Nanning, China |
BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
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2014
Zhou B Art Center. Journey to Dreams, Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, 150 pages. 2011 "Zhou Brothers - At the White House - Behind the Scenes", Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, 30 pages. 2009 "Zhou B Sculpture Park", Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, 46 pages. 2007 "Zhou Brothers 35 Years of Collaboration" Chinese Edition, Shan Lian Bookstore, Publishing House, Beijing, China, 380 pages. "Zhou Brothers Biography" by Xu Xiao, Writer Publishing House, Beijing, China, 237 pages. "Zhou Brothers - 10 Years Salzburg", International Summer Academy of Fine Art, Salzburg, 159 pages. 2004 “Zhou Brothers. 30 Years of Collaboration”, Chicago Cultural Center and Elmhurst Art Museum 2003 “Gefuehl ist Freiheit, Feeling is Liberty”, work of the Zhou Brothers painting class presented at the final exhibition of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts Salzburg 2002, introductions by the Zhou Brothers and Barbara Wally. “Zhou Brothers. Painting and Sculptures 1976 – 2002”, Zhou Brothers Art Foundation, Chicago, USA, Galerie der Stadt Salzburg im Mirabellgarten, Austria, Museum Theo Kerg, Schriesheim, Germany, Introductions by Oskar Friedl, Anton Gugg, and Lynn Schoene, 22 color reproductions, 2 color photos, 32 pages. 2002 “Experimentelle 12”, Foerderverein fuer Kultur und Heimatgeschichte Schloss Randegg Gottmadingen, Germany, 1 colour reproduction, p. 12. “New Beginnings”, Chambers Fine Art, New York, ed. John L. Tancock, introduction by Christophe W. Mao, 6 b/w and 4 color photos, 4 color reproductions, 20 pages. 2001 “Zhou brothers: Open my Door”, Salzburg International Summeracademy of Fine Arts, Austria, Pictorial documentation of their teaching 1998-2000 at the Summer Academy and catalogue of their exhibition in the Traklhaus, Salzburg in August 2001. Interview by Barbara Wally with the artists (English/German), approx. 26 colour and 29 b/w illustrations, paperback, 108 pages. “Zhou Brothers”, Chambers Fine Art, New York, ed. Christophe W. Mao, Introduction by Alexa Olesen, 17 color reproductions, 40 pages. “Zhou Brothers”, Walter Bischoff Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, introduction by Walter Bischoff, 1 b/w photo by Steven E. Gross, 23 color reproductions, 31 pages. 2000 “Finding the Bridge. Re-imaging deep Connection between Self & Other”, cover painting for the brochure of A benefit Conference for the Salt institute October 6-8. “Experimentelle 11”, Foerderverein fuer Kultur und Heimatgeschichte Schloss Randegg Gottmadingen, Germany, 1 color reproduction, p. 35. 1998 “Experimentelle 10”, Foerderverein fuer Kultur und Heimatgeschichte Schloss Randegg Gottmadingen, Germany, 3 color reproductions, p. 16-17. 1997 “Kunst im Park. Oberursel 97”, DGB-Bundesjugendschule-Haus der Gewerkschaftsjugend, Oberursel, Germany, ‘Zhou Brothers: ‘Our Hands in the Garden 3’’, 1 b/w reproduction, p. 24-25. “Stad(t)t-Art. Kunst in 56 homoeopathischen Dosen”, Kerber Verlag Bielefeld/Kultursekretariat NRW Guetersloh, Germany, ‘Zhou Brothers: Rose Bud’, Text by Barbara Bergmann, 1 color reproduction, p. 36-37. “Zhou Brothers”, Kunstverein Speyer and Gallery Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt/M., Germany, introduction by Herbert Dellwing, 29 color reproductions, 71 pages. |
1996
“Zhou Brothers, Works on Paper”, Oskar Friedl Gallery, Chicago, Text by Fred Camper, 7 color reproductions, 19 b/w reproductions, 1 Steven E. Gross reproduction, 3 Miroslaw Rogala stills, color cover, 30 pages. “Zhou Brothers, Skulpturen/Sculptures”, Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Germany, Intro by Wolfhard Viertel, translation by Myra Scholz-Heerspink, Amstelveen, 18 color reproductions, color cover, 1 Stefan Adam photo, 46 pages. 1995 "Zhou Brothers, Holz- und Farbholzschnitte 1990-1994", Galerie Wolfhard Viertel, Frankfurt, Text by Dr. Elisabeth Krimmel, 4 color print, 29 color reproductions, 113 b/w reproductions, 14 b/w photographs, 155 pages. "Zhou Brothers, Recent Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper", Nahan Galleries, New York, Introduction by Cynthia Nadelman, 22 color reproductions, 20 pages. "Zhou Brothers", Galerie Heseler, Munich, Germany, 12 color reproductions, 1 b/w reproduction, 12 pages. Handbuch der Editionen 1994-1995, Verlag Depelman, Germany, 1 color reproduction, p. 153. 1994 "Zhou Brothers - Recent paintings and works on paper", Nahan Galleries, New York, Introduction by Scott M. Hirschberg, 22 color reproductions, 1 b/w reproduction, 20 pages. "Zhou Brothers - Chinesische Symbiose, Vier Haende - Zwei Brueder - Ein Gemaelde", Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Germany; Museum Schloss Salder, Salzgitter, Germany; Museum Ludwig Budapest, Hungary; Introduction by Dorit Marhenke, 17 color reproductions, 33 b/w reproductions, 71 pages. "Zhou Brothers in their studio", Oxford University Press, Hong Kong, Photography by Steven E. Gross, Introduction by David McCracken and Oskar Friedl, 65 b/w reproductions, 96 pages. 1993 "Zhou Brothers", East West Limited Editions, Inc., Chicago, Introduction by Gerald Nordland, 4 color prints, 101 color reproductions, 11 b/w reproductions, 222 pages. 1990 "Feeling is Liberty", Lloyd Shin Gallery, Chicago, Introduction by Kathryn Hixon, 4 color prints, 20 color reproductions, 24 pages. 1989 "Zhou Brothers - A Retrospective", Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, East West Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, Introduction by Feingarten Galleries and East West Contemporary Gallery, with text by Kathleen van Ella, Keith Hazleton Ph.D., Peter Clothier, 4 color prints, 86 color reproductions, 8 b/w reproductions, 96 pages. "The narrow door --- Zhou Brothers Biography", Da Way, Li Jiang publishers, Guilin, 6 color reproductions, 2 b/w reproductions, 537 pages. 1986 "Zhou Brothers art collection", Li Jang publishers, Guilin, Introduction by Zhong Ding, Li Luo Gong, 4 color print, 38 color reproductions, 42 pages. 1985 "Zhou Brothers Huashan Murals Art Exhibition", National Gallery for Chinese Art, Beijing, Feb. 1985; Art Museum Nanjing, June 1995; Art Museum Shanghai, July 1985; Introduction by the Ministry of Culture Guanxi and the Zhou Brothers, with text from Lu Hai Su, Li Ku Chan, Zhang Ding, Wu Zuo Ren; 4 color print, 23 color reproduction, 18 pages. "Collection of Press Material about the Zhou Brothers 1982-85", Introduction by the Ministry of Culture Guanxi, Dec. 1985; 114 pages. |