Lot 015
Silent Winds Vega
Thierry FEUZ (Swiss, 1968)
2019
Lacquer, oil, acrylic and glitter on canvas
210 x 170 cm
Estimate
TWD 750,000-950,000
HKD 190,000-241,000
USD 24,200-30,700
CNY 174,000-220,000
Sold Price
TWD 2,640,000
HKD 676,923
USD 86,557
CNY 608,295
Signature
Private collection, Asia
+ OVERVIEW
Some clues to Feuz's creative elements can be seen in the delicate still life paintings of Spain's Baroque period, the drip paintings of Jackson Pollock, the surrealism of Joan Miró, and Cy Twombly's classical mythology. Feuz places concrete objects between the real and the imagined and creates a kind of painting that defies definition. The 2019 Silent Winds Vega depicts an organic living body that roams, wanders and continues to exist in a dynamic state in the wind. Everything is as in the primordial state of The Garden of Earthly Delights by the 16th century Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch, a microcosmic universe of riotous colors. Walking step by step into this seductive landscape contains moments within it about magical transformation of each life.
Under the superlative sensuality and appealing appearance, exists a danger of fragility and also a sliding into debauchery. Feuz's work easily spans the boundaries of culture and abstraction. These calyces and microbes spread outwards in a space without boundaries and full of contradiction. Here, astounding beauty and fragility coexist, with the implied suggestion that such a beautiful balance can be destroyed in an instant. Like the condition of a mayfly described in the Classic of Poetry, which is born in the morning and dies at night, life is so brief that it has to be lived in brilliant splendor. Through fabricated scenery, rich colors, and the rhythm of life, Thierry Feuz explores life and the meaning of human existence through his painting. In absence of boundaries and delineated realms, the significance of life and death advance eternally in parallel.
Select: Modern & Contemporary Art
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2019
Sunday, December 1, 2019, 1:00pm