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The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg

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Swiss collector Uli Sigg has played in the time of economic opening of China by Mao an essential role, which is still continuing. To better understand China, in 1980 as an entrepreneur and business expert to the country called Sigg art turns to and wears for years the most important collection of contemporary Chinese art together. THE CHINESE LIVES OF ULI SIGG granted for the first time a comprehensive insight into the exciting and extraordinary life of the entrepreneur, diplomat and art collector. Contemporary artists like Ai Weiwei, Zeng Fanzhi, Cao Fei, Fang Lijun Wang Guangyi or consider him a friend and mentor to whom they could entrust their works, to protect them against the arbitrary destruction of the authorities. The majority of them are over the Sigg museum M + in Hong Kong, which expected to open in 2019 and the works will be presented to the general public.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2017-08-03

Runtime: 93 mins

Director: Michael Schindhelm

Spoken language: Deutsch

Genres: Documentary

Original title: The Chinese Lives of Uli Sigg

Production Companies: One Filmverleih

Production Countries: Switzerland

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