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    CHIU YATSAI (1949-2013)

    Professor

    1989

    Oil on Canvas
    194x130cm

    Signed Ya-Tsai in Chinese

    Estimate TWD 3,800,000-5,000,000
    USD 125,400-165,000
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 4,484,000
    USD 0
    HKD 0

With a certificate of authenticity from gallery

Provenance：

Illustrated：ILLUSTRATED "Chiu Ya-Tsai", Goethe Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan, 2006.8, Page 18-19

Exhibition：

Exposition：

Chiu Ya-Tsai is a rising artist in Taiwanese contemporary art with artworks widely collected internationally. His unique thoughts directly see through the outlook of life, the love and hate between men and women. He never caters to the mainstream, yet he sees through the emptiness and sorrow deep into the soul with his silent gaze. The artwork is a premonition of beauty and sorrow. With his brushstrokes, Chiu Ya-Tsai cuts deeply into the confusing modern society and exposed the essential problems of life and humanity. It also reveals the distance and lonesome of the artist. His silent language has become the most eye-catching symbol of the prosperous art world.

James Cahill, a renowned American art historian said, Chiu Ya-Tsai has inherited the Tang dynasty art culture and said “while you appreciate the portraits of Chinese nobel, you will be able to feel the depth of the artist. The symbols are not only the embodiment of the artist’s talent and wisdom, but also reveal the spirit behind.” Among many portraits by other artists, Chiu Ya-Tsai never intentionally focus of the detailed emotions nor the rise and fall in life. However, he focused on the unspeakable spiritual level and precisely presented by his brushstrokes. The characteristic and charisma is captured by the artist. Chiu Ya-Tsai calls it “psychological analysis impressionism”. Traces of time and background is diminished in “Professor”, as though viewers are drifting in the universe. Drifting is also a form of return, which brings back the purest and richest foundations of the mind and heart.

The dark blue background in “Professor” is mystical and unsteady. It is surreal like a twinkling sky that dazzles the viewer’s gaze. It is glamorous like a gem but also deep and tranquil like the ocean. The journey is long without seeing an end. Chiu Ya-Tsai pampered the dark and pure world with his brushstrokes, a sense of sentimental expression can be seen on the clean face of “Professor”. The clear contour of the face with sharp simple hair and beard; the slim and tall nose reveal a sense of confidence and poetic charisma. The black trench coat extends to the end of the canvas along with the dark and sophisticated background metaphors the loss and depression in the civilized world. The standing professor in the middle has a pale and intellectual expression; he has become the only light among the endless solitude. Like a pioneer, he leads the viewers into the past, and explores the infinite exploration of life.

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