Chinese Artists Zeng Fanzhi at Gagosian-Got to Go See this Show

I was extremely taken by the paintings and works by Zeng Fanzhi (b. China 1964.)  Fanzhi is an integral artist amongst the generation following on the heels of the Cultural Revolution of the 1970's.  The large oil paintings appear to sprout from the walls.  They are incredibly powerful with ominous undertones.  The paintings feature large, bare black branches in the foreground.  These interlocking limbs seem to ward the viewer away and simultaneously harken you forward by the colorful lights and mystifying landscapes in the background.  I felt a sense of vertigo similar to viewing NYC from an elevated vantage.  There is a push/pull effect that is both eerie and breathtaking.  Most of the figures in the paintings are facing away giving a dreamlike aura.  The only figure directly facing outward appears   childlike in a red robe, seemingly floating on water.  The back gallery is dimmly lit with grey drawings that shimmer.  These drawings on handmade paper resemble slabs of stone inlaid with crystals.  There are 2 elongated branch sculptures. One sculpture as you enter & the other as you exit.  Both these are serene & graceful forms cast in silver.  It was betwixt I became bewitched; not unlike sprinting through the poppies to reach the emerald city.  Run towards this mesmerizing exhibit.  While in Chelsea, there is a doppelganger show at Lehmann Maupin gallery.  There are 2 large scale landscapes by Teresita Fernandez (b. Amer. 1968) made of stained glass & porcelain fragments.  It's interesting to compare & contrast the artists' works.  However unfair, the caliber of Fernandez's work does not compare to Fanzhi's.