Lot 20
Chakra, Clone Technique
HOU Chun-ming (Taiwanese, 1963)
1997
Paper, ink, carving
188 x 215.5 cm
Estimate
TWD 300,000-500,000
HKD 70,800-118,000
USD 9,100-15,100
Sold Price
TWD 5,428,000
HKD 1,310,162
USD 168,232
Signature
EXHIBITED:
Contemporary Taiwanese Art Exhibition, Part 2: Hou Chun Ming, Chen Chien Pei. Mitsubishi-jisho Artium, Fukuoka, Japan. Sep. 18 to Oct. 4, 1998
ILLUSTRATED:
Contemporary Taiwanese Art Exhibition, MOMA Contrmporary Co., Ltd, Fukuoka, 1998, p. 27
Chinese Woodcut: the Creation of Image, Ed. Alternatives, Paris, 2004, p. 177
On the Chinese Paintings of Male Body, Ed. Christophe Gendron, Paris, 2006, p. 87
+ OVERVIEW
Some religious masters claimed that they knew the Chakra, clone techinique and had pictures to prove that these wonders were true. Such events became wide ly known in Ta iwan and thus engendered a just controversy in both religious and political terms. About the same period, many similar cases were revealed.
Using these social events as a blueprint, Hou Chun-ming, imitating the form of notification and pictorial, created his series of works: "Bitch Couple," "Fraudulent Sorcerer," "Chicken" and "Chakra, Clone Technique." Each carving shows his determination, and the bold lines reinforce the publicity of the art work and its intention of exhibit its viewpoint.
The aim of the work is neither to show present society itself nor to record an era, but to uncover the deepest human desires, fears, distress, and the nature of evil within these events. Therefore, Hou rewrites the news stories, neglecting the truth and questions the morality itself with the fabrication and subversion of the social events. He is telling the life story of everyone in this era.
The 20th & 21st Century Chinese Art, Korean Contemporary Art
Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007
Sunday, December 2, 2007, 12:00am