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    ZHOU CHUNYA(b.1955)

    Stone

    1992

    Oil on Canvas
    100×80cm

    Signed Zhou Chunya in Chinese and dated 1992

    Estimate TWD 4,600,000-6,000,000
    USD 155,900-203,400
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 5,310,000
    USD 177,295
    HKD 0

With a certificate of authenticity from gallery

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After graduating from Si Chuan Art Institute, Zhou Chun Ya decided to put his career on hold and traveled to receive more education on western avant-garde art in Germany. China was going through a period of breakthrough, rebellion and revolution in 1986. Zhou’s journey was meant to bring his later styles and his path as a unique artist. During his stay in Germany, new expressionism and European painting were developing prosperously. Impacted and influenced by a foreign culture, new materials and concepts, Zhou realized his status, meaning and value as a Chinese artist. With his vision and techniques maturing, Zhou’s creation after returning from Germany has sprout and gave the rockery series in the 90s a new page in life. 


“Stone series” has an inherited meaning to Zhou Chun Ya. Deeply influenced by Chinese literati art in his early years, the classical flowers, birds and rockeries have become desired elements of Zhou. The passionate affection has found its place in expressionism, sparking chemistry between western skills and classical eastern materials. This blend has secured Zhou’s position in contemporary art, just like Chinese critic Lu Peng said “he has begun his unique “new painting” and activated Chinese literati tradition. 
“Stone series” demonstrated Zhou’s excellent handling of colors and breakthrough in form. The layered texture captured the delicate lines of the stones; the brushstrokes freely move as it paints, dyes, layers and rubs; recreating Chinese landscape. The delicate colors and hidden tension lured the viewers and bringing them into a new stage of “It's like a range when you look at the mountain from the front. But it's like a peak when you look at it sideways.” Zhou emphasizes on realizing the concept, and his bold yet elegant visual effects freshened the viewers like a new concept on the creation. Literati artistic concepts and aesthetics have been given new lives on Zhou’s canvas, creating a unique and elevated pleasure while viewing. 

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