ZHONG CHENG

Zhong Cheng 2024 Autumn Auction「Modern And Contemporary Art」

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    ZHAN WANG (b. 1962)

    Scholar Rocks

    2006

    Stainless Steel, 1/10
    113×85×80cm

    Estimate TWD 3,200,000-5,000,000
    USD 107,400-167,800
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 3,540,000
    USD 122,069
    HKD 0

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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.  

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