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Zhong Cheng 2024 Autumn Auction「Modern And Contemporary Art」

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    XUE SONG (b.1965)

    Horse

    Mixed Media on Canvas
    120×150cm

    Signed Xue Song in Chinese

    Estimate TWD 700,000-1,000,000
    USD 23,500-33,600
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 885,000
    USD 30,517
    HKD 0

Provenance：

Illustrated：

Exhibition：＂Awakening, La France Mandarin the French influence on Chinecse Art＂, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, 2005

Exposition：

Xue Song’s artworks are based on the foundation of Chinese calligraphy art and embellished with Western painting language; the artworks come with an unique Contemporary Chinese art. The main theme of《Horse》is the famous horses of Xu Bei Hong. The poses are surfaced, and the description of the horses are simplified to the extent of only shadows of the contour. Within the contour, Xue Song has filled the inner with Western painting brushstrokes. There are no trace of Chinese painting elements but only singular brushstrokes with no directions. The background is handled with similar methods that eliminated Chinese calligraphy but rather presented in colored lines, making it a symbolic background installation.

The white horse carries western painting language. This contradictory representation can often be seen in Xue Song’s artworks to reflect the intangible tug of war between Chinese contemporary and traditional art. Maybe the artist is wishing that Chinese traditional art can still create a new conversation under the influence of contemporary European art. 

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