外币兑换人民币上世纪80年代中期,中国的当代艺术才刚刚开始成型,那时还没有专业的代理画廊,更没有拍卖市场,而李津则在此时就有了自己的第一批藏家,有趣的是,这些藏家皆来自海外。1986年,在表姨周思聪的推荐下,李津把画卖给了一个香港人,他还记得最初一幅画的价格是400元人民币。1987年,一位澳大利亚文化参赞看到了李津的画非常喜欢,不仅自己收藏,还把他的画介绍给了认识的朋友,包括当时新西兰的文化部长。澳大利亚以后,李津又继续开拓着自己的海外市场,主要原因是他在美国做了两次个展。1989年他在美国费城维兰诺瓦大学举办了一次个展,虽然由于签证问题艺术家本人没到场,但是还是 Foreign currency exchange RMB During the mid-1980s, China’s contemporary art was just beginning to take shape. At that time, there was no professional agent gallery, there was no auction market, and Li Jin at this time has its own first collectors, Interestingly, these collectors are all from overseas. In 1986, at the recommendation of his aunt Zhou Sicong, Li Jin sold the painting to a Hong Kong resident. He remembered that the price of the first painting was 400 yuan. In 1987, an Australian cultural counselor saw Li Jin’s paintings very much, collecting not only his own paintings, but also introducing his paintings to acquaintances, including New Zealand’s Minister of Culture. After Australia, Li Jin continued to open up his own overseas markets, mainly because he made two solo exhibitions in the United States. In 1989, he held a solo exhibition at the University of Vilanova in Philadelphia, USA. Although the artist himself was not present because of the visa issue,