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    LIU KUOSUNG (b.1932)

    Which is Earth No.82

    1970

    Ink and Color on Paper
    142x75cm

    Signed Liu Kuo-Song in Chinese and dated 1970 With one seal of the artist

    Estimate TWD 2,600,000-3,600,000
    USD 86,700-120,000
    HKD 0-0

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

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Born in Anhui province in 1932, Liu Kuo-Song moved for good to Taiwan in 1949. His art career kept transforming with a belief of being different and then become perfect. Beginning from a realistic style, and later abstract to create a new language to discover culture, Liu fearlessly overthrew the past creation form and explored a new field for Chinese traditional painting. In the past half century, he regards water ink painting as the symbol of Chinese painting; and it also became his symbol in life. His oriental personality and devotion in perfecting traditional Chinese painting has won worldwide attention. He created a new field for contemporary water ink painting.

Inspired by the images of earth sent back by spaceship Apollo 8 in 1969, Liu Kuo-Song shifted his gaze towards space. He combined western rational ideas with Chinese sensational water ink paintings; and through collage and self-invented water ink rubbing to present the moon, earth and sun in orbital evolution. In May of the same year, his first experimental art work won awards in the “mainstream international art exhibition’, and began his journey of the legendary “Which is Earth” series. 

《Which is Earth No.82》boldly presents the approaching moon which created a arching contour on earth. He elevated his perspective and completely escaped from the ancient depressing atmosphere when you gaze upon the moon. With a modern state of mind, it becomes a mystical experience.  Even though he is rebellious towards classical painting, his art passes down traditional culture and spirits. The Chinese poet Li Bai once wrote “It’s brilliant like a flying mirror over red pavilions; As green smoke clears away, it illuminates.” Liu Kuo-Song has described the pure and misty moonlight to perfection through his ink and paintbrush.

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