ZHONG CHENG

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    ZHAN WANG (b. 1962)

    Artificial Rock #61

    2003

    Stainless Steel, 1/8
    50.8(L)x15.3(W)x83.9(H)cm

    Signed Zhan Wang in Chinese, titled #61, dated 2003, numbered 1/8

    Estimate TWD 5,500,000-7,000,000
    USD 181,500-231,000
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 6,490,000
    USD 0
    HKD 0

Provenance：With a certificate of authenticity from gallery

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Zhan Wang once said “if one doesn’t know his/her origin, his/her life will become dull and lifeless- this is the basic foundation of human mentality. Throughout history, artists have used different languages to explore this question, so have I. However, I do not utilize human figures but stones in my artworks. The origin of my universe begins from a rock, we all come from a rock.”
 
Zhan Wang’s artworks have been collected in ”World Sculptures”, “Chinese Fine Arts” and etc. His representative「Scholar Rocks」is the first Chinese contemporary sculptures collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Boston Museum of Art. It is also collected by several art museums and personal collectors from Swiss, Germany, the United States and Singapore. 「Scholar Rocks」is the prominent artwork that brought attention internationally.
 
「Scholar Rocks」is an extremely significant characteristic in Chinese landscape architecture which uses real mountain rocks to mimic a mountain. People used to call these rocks artificial mountain rocks. The rocks are meant to satisfy people’s imagination of returning to nature.  
 
“Artificial Rock #61” utilized artificial glared stainless steel along with natural rocks to create the texture and forms of natural rocks that reflected the colors in the surrounding. With the change of time and space, many twisted and broken events are reflected on it. This subverted the real size of a mountain and the materials of the traditional artificial rocks. The artist tried to breakdown the deep rooted traditional culture with the existing culture.

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