ZHONG CHENG

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    YANG CHIHUNG (b.1947)

    Another Kind of Halo

    1993

    Oil on Canvas
    198.2×152.5cm

    Estimate TWD 900,000-1,200,000
    USD 30,000-40,000
    HKD 0-0

    Hammer Price TWD 1,534,000
    USD 50,295
    HKD 0

Provenance:

Illustrated:’’Chihung Yang Solo Exhibition- After Eruption’’, Molly Gallery Published Cover

Exhibition:’’Chihung Yang Solo Exhibition- After Eruption’’, Molly Gallery, Kaohsiung, 2000.10.7-10.31

Exposition:

“A painting created in 1993, with still and elegant objects as the basis. The middle stem-like straight line ascends the eyes creating a strange but moving feeling associated with the leaf moving in the atmosphere. The first time seeing it, I can’t help but think of Jesus on the cross. This is not only the cross composition or skeleton shape, but also a more concrete animal skeleton that his previous works. I can also speculate that it is reflecting Jesus’ head under the cross in the traditional picture. Generally speaking, there is a surprising solemn and respectful concept which is a very important interaction between the painting and the artist. 
---American Art Critic Barry Przeworski

Since 1990, Yang Shi Hung’s art style went through changes from the filled of grief and unrestrained style to a relaxing and elegant style. The human image fossils, skeletons and specimen as symbols which provoke thoughts and often appeared in the past have faded away. He used to contemplate more on death but now has transformed to praising life. This transformation, on one hand is simplifying the image; on the other hand, represents the transformation of the artist’s inner state. The strong and tangling concepts have become an aspire for the value of life. 

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