ShanghART Gallery 香格纳画廊
中文

World Goldfish Queen
ROBERT ZHAO RENHUI 赵仁辉
2013
Archival pigment print mounted on aluminium, framed
84(H)*121cm
Edition of 5 + 1AP
ZRH_9082

China organised the first International Goldfish Championships in Fuzhou in 2012. Over 3,000 goldfish from 14 countries competed for different titles including the World Goldfish Queen crown. Goldfish are judged by five criteria: breed, body shape, swimming gesture, colour and overall impression. The show stealer was a giant goldfish weighing around 4kg. The judges noted that not all goldfish can grow this big as factors such as breeding may affect size. Goldfish are bred out of generations of genetic mutations since the Jin Dynasty and their exact origins are unknown.

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