Estimate
TWD 2,400,000-3,200,000
HKD 615,400-820,500
USD 82,800-110,300
Sold Price
TWD 2,360,000
HKD 605,749
USD 77,619
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Lu Hao, one of the first famous artists in the modern avant-garde art in China, boosts a unique artistic concept. Graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, he ever showed his works at Venice Biennale and Lyon Biennale. It is his more representative artistic style to "create modern art with Chinese style". Regarding his philosophy of centering on the Chinese culture for his works, Lu Hao explains: "I am Chinese. Chinese have to deal with modern art with the Chinese style. I appreciate much those rock- and-roll men playing with piano because they discard guitar, long hair, leather jacket and some other rock-and-roll elements completely but they still play rock-and-roll well. It will be a real success if Chinese could play rock-and- roll with our own culture or even make the Western do so with the Chinese cultural form, such as urheen. This also applies to modern art." "Vanishing Home" Series is one of his typical works with the traditional Chinese "architecture" as the theme. The texture of oil painting and composition and presentation like Chinese painting as well as acute means of creation correspond to a series of urban issues incurred by the transitions in the Chinese society. Architecture and home are the most fundamental issues he deals with towards modern society in China, which means the rapid uprising of urban architectures and the traditional pattern of home that is falling into pieces. The proposition of the entire society in China and the cultural proposition are reduced, by the artist, to the "homes", one after another, that are familiar and yet apparently changed. In the works, the artist changes the structure of the image with a few brushworks in white color for close shot whilst, seemingly, presenting the passing of time at one moment.
The 20th & 21st Century Chinese Art Japanese & Korean Contemporary Art
Ravenel Spring Auction 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008, 12:00am