Lot 559
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HE XIANGYU | Cola Project - Extraction (3 works)

Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 HKD
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Description

  • He Xiangyu
  • Cola Project - Extraction (3 works)
  • Coca Cola resin
  • each: 27 by 35 by 23.5 cm; 10 5/8  by 13 3/4  by 9 1/4  in.
Executed in 2009-2010, the three works are number 8, 12 and 23 from an edition of 26 (each different)

Provenance

White Space, Beijing
Acquired from the above by the present owner

This work is accompanied by a digital version of the certificate of authenticity signed by the artist

Exhibited

Shanghai, Contrasts Gallery, MIND SPACE: Maximalism in Contrasts, February 2010
Paris, LOFT Art Gallery, July 2010
Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Frick Art Museum, Mind Space, February - March 2011
Marseille, L'Alcazar Bibliothèque de Marseille, Artistes Chinois / Artistes Marseillais / Correspondances?, September - October 2011
Sydney, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Cola Project, March - May 2012
Beijing, Iberia Centre for Contemporary Art, Example to Follow!-Expeditions in Aesthetics and Sustainability, August - September 2012
Beijing, WALL Art Museum, The Coca Cola Project, September - November 2012
London, White Cube, Inside the White Cube, 22 January 22 - 13 April 2014 

Literature

He Guiyan, From A Land of Nothing to Cola Project, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Sichuan, 2010
Jeremie Thircuir, An Introduction to He Xiangyu's Works, China Culture Art Publishing House, Beijing, 2010
Conversation between He Xiangyu and Yuangong, China Culture Art Publishing House, Beijing, 2010
He Xiangyu: Perpetual Order and Material Logic, Distanz Verlag, Berlin, 2016, p. 61

Condition

The work is in good condition overall. There is evidence of wear and handling, scratch marks and media accretion on the surface of the boxes. Inconsistency is inherent to the artist's choice of medium.
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