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    CHUANG CHE (b.1934)

    The Wings of Phoenix III

    1998

    Mixed media on Canvas
    127x168cm

    Signed Chuang Che in Chinese, dated 1998

    Estimate TWD 1,500,000-2,200,000
    USD 46,400-68,100
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 1,680,000
    USD 51,079
    HKD 393,443

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Born in Beijing, China, Chuang Che joined May Association of the Art in 1958 and was actively involved in the modern painting movement in China. He was sponsored by Asian Cultural Council, which was founded by Rockefeller III, to study contemporary painting in the United States. His solo exhibitions started in 1965 in major international cities. He moved to New York since then and focused on abstract painting. His paintings fuse the essence of Chinese literati paintings with western abstraction, pioneering a new style in ink painting.

Chuang created The Wings of Phoenix in 1998. He used the five traditional colors over the earth tone background. On the right, an extraordinary force of red is forming, while the black, red, blue and white roar through the canvas in the Chinese cursive style, like a rising phoenix dancing upward for the blissfulness. It is also a symbol of the ethnic fusion throughout the history of China, of vitality, energy and passion.

The lines are simplistic and yet forceful. The strokes are solid and yet abstract. They morph with the rich layers of colors, creating a sense of depth and space. Chuang was not merely recreating an image. He moved away from the figurative, but gave this elusive image a sense of reality. The mystical phoenix is liberated by Chuang’s dense and boundless lines. The contrasting light and darkness in the background create a time continuum as if time is no longer bound by its own rules, but set free into this world.

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