Lot  153 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Roses

ZHOU Chunya (Chinese, 1955)

1996

Oil on canvas

100 x 80 cm

Estimate

TWD 2,800,000-3,800,000

HKD 659,000-894,000

USD 85,600-116,200

Sold Price

TWD 4,800,000

HKD 1,156,627

USD 149,254


Signature

Signed lower right Zhou Chunya in Chinese and dated 1996

+ OVERVIEW

Zhou Chunya is very fond of plants and animals for their purity. There are many meanings conveyed by flowers, for example, peach flowers symbolize the arrival of spring, while roses are a symbol of love. Zhou Chunya had been seeking a more intimate and spontaneous relationship with nature in order to capture the most essential forms and ways of expression, so he uses a variety of natural substances, and materializes them in a primitive or even brutal way into very elegant and sophisticated forms. With his brushes, the new doctrine of the technique, the charm of traditional Chinese paintings, the composition, and the theme, are all permeated with a unique romance.

In this painting of a flower in 1994, the style and color have been abstracted, the painting language is embodied by the heaping and applying of colors with hues, and the picture takes a unique diagonal-type composition, complete with bright colors and ripe techniques. The large roses in full bloom and entangled branches represent the nature of love and sex, bearing the artist's thoughts and understanding on life.

Zhou's works are a combination of expressionism and traditional Chinese painting in one. The color and shape, and even the boundless world are applied to convey the artist's emotion and experience. The trees and plants, animals, or characters under the author's brushes show the artist's ease and artistic pension.

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Modern & Contemporary Asian Art

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2009 Taipei

Sunday, December 6, 2009, 12:00am