“Guilin” by Wu Guanzhong.
Southern Metropolis News reporter Huang Qian this year Poly Auctions and Phillips Auctions have joined hands for the third time, and will present the “20th Century and Contemporary Art and Design” Hong Kong Autumn Auction from November 29 to 30, 2021. The mainland tour to Beijing Railway Station will be held at Rosewood Beijing from November 4th to 5th.
At the Beijing preview site, Wang Bo, Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Poly Culture Group, introduced: “This joint auction is the third joint auction between Poly Auction and Phillips. During the event, Chang Yu, Wu Guanzhong, Zao Wou-ki, and Zhu De The life masterpieces of Chinese and Western art masters such as Qun, Kusama Yayoi and George Condo, these exquisite masterpieces will surely show the collision, exchange and integration of different cultural and artistic styles between China and the West in the new era. We look forward to and believe in Poly Auction and Phillips This pioneering cooperation will surely spark sparks and create excellence again.”
The masterpieces of Chang Yu, Wu Guanzhong, Zhu Dequn and Zao Wou-ki are dazzling
This season’s auction will present a selection of masterpieces by modern art masters of the 20th century, with a prosperous lineup. Highlights include San Yu’s “Swallows on the Wire”, Wu Guanzhong’s “Guilin”, Zhu Dequn’s “A Thousand Miles of the Rising Sun” and Zao Wou-ki’s 20.3.64 .”. Both of the modern art masters who went to France to study painting, the four works are masterpieces of the integration of Chinese and Western art.
San Yu’s “Swallows on the Wires” created in the 1931s is the only “street scene” work in his decades of creative career. It combines the subtle freehand ink and modernist creative language to show the artist’s life in France and his prominence. , A personal portrayal of oriental sentiment in his heart. “Swallows on the Wire” uses concise colors, and uses the traditional Chinese painting concept of “ink into five colors”. The background of different shades is paved with brushes, creating a deep floating space effect, and uses his most iconic at the time. Dreamy and soft pink is used to depict streetscape architecture, injecting a touch of sweetness and romance unique to Paris into the picture.
Wu Guanzhong’s “Guilin” was created in 1991. It has gone through the exploration of the modernization of ink and wash scenery in the 1970s, as well as the extraction of the return to ink and wash in the 1980s and the extraction of painting elements into points, lines and surfaces, reaching a new level of more roundness and freehand brushwork. . “Guilin” is a masterpiece of Wu Guanzhong’s exploration of “nationalization of oil painting”. The 1990s was a period of fruitful creation for Wu Guanzhong. At this time, he was well-known internationally, and he also had a broader vision and a more free and easy attitude in creation, and “Guilin” was the outstanding creation of this period. represent. Different from the creation of “Guilin” in the 70s based on sketching, the “Guilin” made in the 1990s is the most mature period of his exploration of “water and land”. In the picture, the artist uses a stack of oil paints to depict the villages that are row upon row. The unique warm and moist texture of ink is used to depict the unique landscape of Guilin, which is full of the artist’s deep affection for the beautiful rivers and mountains, and conveys a beautiful feeling of life.
“A Thousand Miles of the Rising Sun”, created in 1979, is Zhu Tequn’s consistent abstract work that swayed out the artistic conception of Chinese landscapes with oil paint. The triptych composition of this work echoes the far-sighted landscape created by the horizontal scrolls of China; and The title of the work is also deeply influenced by Chinese landscape painting. “A Thousand Miles of the Rising Sun” is most eye-catching with the dazzling light and fiery red color, which has become the keynote of the work, coupled with the light source and the contrast of light and dark, showing the pulsation of time.
Zao Wou-ki’s “20.3.64.” made in 1964 reappeared at auction after a 30-year absence. This was made from the “decade of full speed forward” in the artist’s creative career, which is considered to be the peak of Zao Wou-ki’s extraordinary artistic career. “20.3.64.” consists of three colors of pure white, jet black and amber, forming a perfect and harmonious rich tone. The artist uses broad and majestic brushstrokes to depict the overall composition of the frame, pausing at the center of the frame through a fine brush , Scratching, and turning, creating delicate and complex oil paint strokes that contain oriental ink charm, fully embodying the culmination of Zao Wou-ki’s integration of Western abstract expression in traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy techniques, and at the same time showing that he is moving towards a more magnificent and spectacular Style transformation.
Large-scale assembled art installation
The inland tour preview presents two unique large-scale art installations, among which Yayoi Kusama’s “Retelling” can be described as a museum-level masterpiece. “Retelling” is the first to be auctioned, and soft sculpture installations composed of such a large number of boxes are extremely rare, and most of them have been included in the collections of Japanese art museums. “Retelling” is composed of 120 boxes of soft sculptures. The soft sculptures in each box have different forms, and each box is individually signed by Kusama.
Another exceptional installation art work, “Untitled”, is a rare example of one of today’s most sought-after artists, Javier Calleja, showing his iconic “big-eyed boy” theme. “Untitled”, which is more than seven meters in length, contains 30 independent paintings painted on cotton paper, and is the largest Calleja work ever to be auctioned.
It is reported that after the Beijing preview, the “20th Century and Contemporary Art and Design” Hong Kong Autumn Auction Mainland Touring Preview will also be held from November 11th to 14th at Shanghai 021 Contemporary Art Fair.Return to Sohu to see more
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