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    QIN FENG (b.1961 )

    Avaricious City No.2

    2007

    Ink and Color on Paper
    197.5x120cm

    Signed Qin Feng in English

    Estimate TWD 800,000-1,200,000
    USD 24,800-37,200
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 0
    USD 0
    HKD 0

Provenance：PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist

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Born in Xinjiang, China, Qin Feng is a self-taught painter, and he founded China’s first gallery for works by professional Chinses painters (Ammonal Gallery) in 1993. Qin was invited by the German government as the Chinese art ambassador to Germany, and lectured at Berlin University of the Arts. Since 2008, Qin has been a research associate for contemporary art at Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University. His works have been collected by renowned museums, art institutions, and private collectors around the world. He has the most works collected by international art institutions among Chinese contemporary artists. Currently, Qin Feng teaches at Central Academy of Fine Arts, serving as a mentor to graduate students and passing down his philosophy in aesthetic. 

Since 2000, Qin Feng’s art have become more visualized. Images of “Water,” “Circle,” and “Square” have been incorporated in his paintings as a continuation of the emptiness and spirituality within ancient Chinese ink drawings. Qin takes ink drawing to another level with his paintbrush. Thick strokes create imposing presence that sets off the tenderness of the lighter ink color within the circular frame, manifesting the inherited quality of traditional Chinese ink drawings; through new methods, unique features of post-modern ink painting are created with added temporal implications. Qin fuses symbols with Western abstract concept to give rise to a new contemporary language. He has created a world of his own, where he is not superior or inferior to others, reaching a fine balance between tenderness and wildness. Through simplicity, Qin showcases the righteous quality of an artist, as he further develops his art through each and every stroke.

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