quarta-feira, 23 de janeiro de 2008

Pintura contemporânea chinesa

Xiaodong LIU is achieving the highest valuations of the Chinese contemporary artists.


Under the Cherry Blossoms, 2007

Three prostitutes, 2001

Xiaodong LIU, Prostitute Girl Series, 2001
Um pouco de Arte, aqui vão algumas obras dum artista chinês que descobri há pouco.
Considered one of the members of the early Cynical Realism movement, Liu is recognized for his depictions of alienation and social discord. Married to another neo-realist painter, Yu Hong, Liu depicts in oil paintings such as Smoker (2000) the changing face of Chinese society. Based in Beijing and teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Liu has exhibited in countries like France, the USA, Australia, Japan and Germany. His solo exhibitions include the eponymous exhibition at LOFT Gallery in Paris, France, 2001, and 2001’s Liu Xiaodong 1990-2000, at the Central Institute of Fine Arts, Beijing. His group exhibitions also include the 1992 China’s New Art: Post-1989, and the 1997, 47th Venice Biennial, Italy, amongst many others.

Art Market / Art Price
To date, Xiaodong LIU is achieving the highest valuations of the Chinese contemporary artists. His work was offered at auction for the first time in 1991 in Hong Kong. Back then, Christie’s-Swire brought the hammer down at 7,851 euros. Last November, his work New Displaced Population was sold for 20,000,000 CNY (1,982,600 euros) by Poly International Auction Co, Ltd in Beijing. Yifei CHEN was also introduced at auction in 1991 with Lingering Melodies from the Xunyang River already selling for 150,925 euros at Christie’s-Swire. On 27 June 2006, the Shangai Hosane auction house achieved 11,000,000 CNY (1,097,470 euros) for Warm Spring in the Jade Pavillon.

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