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    LIU JIUTONG (b.1977)

    Watery Town in China Series

    2009

    Oil on Canvas
    100x80cm

    Signed Liu Jiu-Tong in Chinese, dated 2009

    Estimate TWD 700,000-1,000,000
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Growing up in the North West highlands, Liu Jiu-Tong went through all the vicissitudes of life and developed a strong personality. The rumbling yellow sands, standing on top of the land, standing firm and deep roots in life that reflect reality. With the accumulation of deep culture and homeland nurture, Liu Jiu-Tong came up with his own aesthetics concepts and language. Graduated from the Art Institute of Xi An and influenced by the majestic and grand style of ChangAn art group, Liu Jiu-Tong later worked in Beijing and resided in Shanghai where international cultural exchanges were happening and enabled his art language to evolve rapidly. He revolutionized the traditional realist approach and combined skills from the each and west, he extended the early concrete realist to semi-abstract realist approach. Also deeply influenced by the Shanghai style culture, his artworks were presented with tension and lively rhythm of life.

《Watery Town in China Series》describes the beautiful ripples of the rivers along with continuous roofs on both sides of the city of water. With the circle of life passing on with time, it reminds the viewers of Tang dynasty poet Zhang Ruo Xu’s 《Moonlight over Spring River》. The river that runs across the canvas is steady and flows towards an elevated atmosphere of “Daoism” that passes through time and universe. With thick and rich layering of oil painting along with a concrete picture constructed by scraping, a unique language reinterpreted an abstract space with the deep yet magical changes of light reflections. Color blocks become the source of light that endlessly overlaps and created a magical yet comfortable atmosphere that allows viewers to understand the artist’s message of the realization and poetic concepts of life.

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