Lot 033
Banbi-White Ilex
Hiroyuki MATSUURA (Japanese, 1964)
2008
Fiberglass, ed. 2/2
60(L) x 60(W) x 85(H) cm
Estimate
TWD 800,000-1,200,000
HKD 206,000-308,000
USD 26,600-39,800
CNY 189,000-283,000
Sold Price
TWD 900,000
HKD 236,220
USD 30,447
CNY 213,270
Signature
PROVENANCE:
Eslite Gallery, Taipei
Poly Auction Hong Kong, Autumn 2016, lot 0178
Private collection, Taiwan
EXHIBITED:
Hiroyuki Matsuura, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, from December 13, 2008 to January 4, 2009 (Another edition)
ILLUSTRATED:
Hiroyuki Matsuura, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, 2008, color illustrated, p. 29 (Another edition)
+ OVERVIEW
This Banbi-White Ilex of Matsuura was shown at the "Hiroyuki Matsuura Solo Exhibition" in Eslite Gallery in 2008. Matsuura said, "'They' have acrylic skin and want to live a life like us." Matsuura uses “they”as the subject to blend the stories into the works, and make boundless imagination space for people looking at the work. It is the imaginations of the watching people that give a one and only life to the characters in the works. In Matsuura's opinion, these characters are kinds of images that can surpass language. They will make a gradual evolution following the steps of the digital times to be a worldwide existence. They can surpass the dimmateriality walls built by adults, children, men and women and all human beings. They can even replace the common language of the world.
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