Lot  033 Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

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

Engraved on the bottom Hiroyuki Matsuura 2008

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

Matsuura began as a graphic designer. He began his own creations from a desire of "do in his own way absolutely". The dazzling and diverse shine and variety of visual styles come from the aesthetics driven by the animation and cartoons of the new century. He uses the “New Aesthetics of Comics and Animation” which grow with most people, and the natural techniques of a graphic designer to draw out "characters" in a fictitious kingdom one by one to create a pure and lovely world.

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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Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Sunday, July 19, 2020, 1:00pm