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Yet the Chinese contemporary-art market is extremely volatile

然而，中国当代艺术品市场极不稳定

what Philip Tinari, a Beijing-based art critic, dismisses as “realist pictures of pretty girls playing blackjack”.

批评家田霏宇（Philip Tinari）嗤之以鼻的那种“漂亮妹子玩21点的写实主义绘画”。

Beijing is the intellectual capital 

文化中心

members lean cautiously toward liberality

大多数职员小心翼翼倾向开放

Expert craftsmanship, preferably with an overt display of time-consuming labour on the part of the artist himself, remains a driving force in Chinese contemporary art. Mr Zeng, for example, is adamant that none of his assistants is allowed to pick up a brush.
专业技能，尤其是需要艺术家本身岁月沉淀公开展示的专业技能，依然是中国当代艺术的驱动力。以曾梵志为例，他坚持不让任何助手动一笔一毫。

 

solid scholarship

扎实的学术水平

 commitment to stick to their choices.

选择坚定

 this knowledge is harder to obtain—but even more essential.

这方面的知识很难获得，不过却愈发显得重要了。