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Zhong Cheng 2024 Autumn Auction「Modern And Contemporary Art」

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    WANG GUANGYI (b.1957)

    Great Criticism Series: Art Nation

    2005

    Acrylic on Canvas
    140x180cm

    Signed on the reverse: Wang Guang Yi in English and Chinese, inscribed 140x180 cm and dated 2005

    Estimate TWD 4,500,000-6,000,000
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    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 4,956,000
    USD 0
    HKD 0

With a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist

Provenance：PROVENANCE Private Collection, USA Private Collection, Taipei

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“The form of a painting must be better than the thought; the best would be exhibiting it and then publishing it with an English introduction because the contemporary worships publications. I hope that my romanticism can become a historical fact that will be continually read and interpreted.” 
---Wang Guang-Yi

Wang Guang-Yi, one of the most prominent artists in Chinese contemporary art, is a well-known name amongst international exhibitions. He is recognized along with Zhang Hsiao Gang, Yue Min Jun and Fang Li Jun. As one of the leading activists in Chinese modern art movement, Wang Guang-Yi is known for his calm and analytic composition art style which aims to reveal the overwhelming visual and creative culture; he further explores the absurdity of images. His art works may seemingly belong to the Western Pop art style, but he also carried on communism or mocking how China recklessly embraced capitalism. 

“Great Criticism Series” was created during the peak of his political campaign poster which included three typical characters of the revolution period- the laborer, the farmer and the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He is used to employing strong colors to record the turbulent time and with his unique language he sent a clear message of the blending of western trademarks. Wang Guang-Yi said “I have went through the transformation of art history; and also changed my perspective from an artist to the people.” The red flame created a dramatic tension against the black background in “Great Criticism Series: Art Nation”. A group of armed peasants, hold a gun and marching forward yelling, they are passionate and aroused. They are holding a red covered book “Quotations from the Chairman Mao” which represents the communist. In this sarcastic atmosphere, viewers can see the nationalist “art nation” caption painted in pure white; strong and clear. Wang Guang-Yi blended the crazy Cultural Revolution and art, he tore apart the internal orders and values of modern society and presented the absurd reality hidden behind.

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