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    PANG MAO KUN ( b.1963 )

    A Girl of Yi Minority

    2009

    Pastel on Paper
    53x37cm

    Signed Pang Mao-Kun in Chinese, dated 2009

    Estimate TWD 350,000-600,000
    USD 14,700-21,200
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 401,200
    USD 0
    HKD 0

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“The Yi Women-A Myth of Mine”  by Pang Maokun


  Whenever I face my old paintings, I’m confronted with a sense of estrangement; I can never remember the origin of each detail. They are distant and mythical, seemingly forever sealed in serene and self-contained space along with that vitality and crudeness.
  When I look over my old works, I cherish them more because of the distance. This is especially so when I review my works on the theme of the Yi Women from over a decade ago. Though these paintings were affected by general trends and events, and deeply influenced by the Sichuan School’s scar art and rustic painting, I can still discern a sense of selfhood deriving inescapably from natural temperament and I can see that I was, above all, more engrossed by a sense of original energy tied intimately to our consciousness of life and an almost religious sense of love for nature. I had made an effort to tie my fantasies and experiences of beauty to them, so the image of the Yi Women became an externalized symbol of the spirit and emotion of the times. Because these images or movements by and large came from my memory and imagination, or an inner experience, they are there to prove a certain esthetic ideal. This sort of ideal sign remains in a relatively closed world, one which clearly documents my desires, sorrows, and myths.
  In fact, the living condition of the Yi Women has a mere ordinary significance as a theme, Yet once an ordinary living situation is focused on, cultivated, and provoked by a kind heart in a painting, it yields a genuine and pure spirit. This reflects you record, organize, and imagine the liveliness of any progression in life that nature provides, your experience is part of the progression. Shapes, colors, strokes, and emotions are intertwined so that scattered and frivolous happenings in nature become tight and lofty. Therefore, the Yi Women have emerged from life itself into the sacredness of art!

Sichuan Fine Art Institute, December 2004
－ Published in Excellent Sketches by Famous Chinese Contemporary Fine Artists – Pang Maokun, Pastel, Yi Woman, 2005

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