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Zhang Xiaogang

Contemporary Art
14.10.2006
Schätzpreis
60.000 £ - 80.000 £
ca. 112.509 $ - 150.012 $
Zuschlagspreis:
164.800 £
ca. 309.026 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 36

Zhang Xiaogang

Contemporary Art
14.10.2006
Schätzpreis
60.000 £ - 80.000 £
ca. 112.509 $ - 150.012 $
Zuschlagspreis:
164.800 £
ca. 309.026 $
Beschreibung:

Zhang Xiaogang Blood Line Series: No. 16 1997 Oil on canvas. 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.2 cm). Signed and dated “Zhang Xiaogang 1997” on the reverse.
Provenance Schoeni Art Gallery, Ltd., Hong Kong Exhibited Berlin, Galerie Vierte Etage, 8+8-1, Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, 1997 Literature Schoeni Art Gallery, Ltd., ed., 8+8-1, Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, Hong Kong, 1997 Catalogue Essay The present lot, Bloodline Series: No. 16, 1997, comes from Zhang Xiaogang’s most highly acclaimed body of work, the Bloodline Series. The faces in the portraits, painted straight on, stare back at the viewer with austere expression. They represent the uniform image of the Chinese people from the years of the Cultural Revolution, complete with Mao’s suit and hat. The portraits, void of emotion, represent the oppression suffered by many. Yet the artist is deliberate in capturing birthmarks, a mole, a haphazard eye, or a pair of glasses—suggesting, of course, the anima that exists within each individual he paints. Born in China’s southern province of Yunnan in 1958, Zhang Xiaogang struggled through a difficult childhood in which his family was constantly torn apart. The continuous strain on family relations led to an eventual break in which Zhang Xiaogang did not see his parents for years. The notion of the family and the inter-connectedness of human beings has fascinated Xiaogang to the point of devoting his artistic career to it the idea. Regarding the Bloodline Series Xiaogang has said, “I am seeking to create an effect of ‘false photographs’- to re-embellish already ‘embellished’ histories and lives… On the surface the faces in these portraits appear as calm as still water, but underneath there is great emotional turbulence. Within this state of conflict the propagation of obscure and ambiguous destinies is carried on from generation to generation.” Read More

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 36
Auktion:
Datum:
14.10.2006
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
14 Oct 2006, 7pm London
Beschreibung:

Zhang Xiaogang Blood Line Series: No. 16 1997 Oil on canvas. 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.2 cm). Signed and dated “Zhang Xiaogang 1997” on the reverse.
Provenance Schoeni Art Gallery, Ltd., Hong Kong Exhibited Berlin, Galerie Vierte Etage, 8+8-1, Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, 1997 Literature Schoeni Art Gallery, Ltd., ed., 8+8-1, Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, Hong Kong, 1997 Catalogue Essay The present lot, Bloodline Series: No. 16, 1997, comes from Zhang Xiaogang’s most highly acclaimed body of work, the Bloodline Series. The faces in the portraits, painted straight on, stare back at the viewer with austere expression. They represent the uniform image of the Chinese people from the years of the Cultural Revolution, complete with Mao’s suit and hat. The portraits, void of emotion, represent the oppression suffered by many. Yet the artist is deliberate in capturing birthmarks, a mole, a haphazard eye, or a pair of glasses—suggesting, of course, the anima that exists within each individual he paints. Born in China’s southern province of Yunnan in 1958, Zhang Xiaogang struggled through a difficult childhood in which his family was constantly torn apart. The continuous strain on family relations led to an eventual break in which Zhang Xiaogang did not see his parents for years. The notion of the family and the inter-connectedness of human beings has fascinated Xiaogang to the point of devoting his artistic career to it the idea. Regarding the Bloodline Series Xiaogang has said, “I am seeking to create an effect of ‘false photographs’- to re-embellish already ‘embellished’ histories and lives… On the surface the faces in these portraits appear as calm as still water, but underneath there is great emotional turbulence. Within this state of conflict the propagation of obscure and ambiguous destinies is carried on from generation to generation.” Read More

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 36
Auktion:
Datum:
14.10.2006
Auktionshaus:
Phillips
14 Oct 2006, 7pm London
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