Lot  20 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007

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

Signed lower left Hou in Chinese and dated May 6, 1997 in Chinese

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.

Related Info

The 20th & 21st Century Chinese Art, Korean Contemporary Art

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007

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