New Wave Beyond Yuanmingyuan: An Important European Private Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art

New Wave Beyond Yuanmingyuan: An Important European Private Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art

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Zheng Guogu

Zheng Guogu 鄭國谷 | Lolitas (12 Works) 羅拉塔(12幅作品)

Auction Closed

October 6, 06:45 AM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 120,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

Zheng Guogu

b. 1970

Lolitas (12 Works)


acrylic and mixed media on canvas, in 12 parts

each: signed in Chinese, titled in Chinese, dated 1998 and numbered 1-12 on the reverse

each: 30 by 30 cm.  11¾ by 11¾ in.

overall: 90 by 120 cm.  35⅜ by 47¼ in.

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鄭國谷

1970年生

羅拉塔(12幅作品)


壓克力複合媒材畫布,共12部分

1998年作

款識

每幅:藝術家簽名,《羅拉塔》,1998,1-12(作品背面)

每幅:30 x 30 公分,11¾ x 11¾ 英寸

整體:90 x 120 公分,35⅜ x 47¼ 英寸

ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

Sotheby's, Hong Kong, The Ullens Collection - The Nascence Of Avant Garde China, 3 April 2011, Lot 880

Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

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上海,香格納畫廊

香港,蘇富比,「The Ullens Collection - The Nascence Of Avant Garde China」, 2011年4月3日,拍品編號880

現藏者購自上述拍賣

Jean Marc Decrop and Christine Buci-Glucksmann Eds., Modernités Chinoises, France 2003, p. 151, illustrated in colour

Jean Marc Decrop, Zheng Guogu, Hong Kong 2008, pp. 22, 50, 52-55, illustrated in colour

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Jean Marc Decrop與Christine Buci-Glucksmann編著,《Modernités Chinoises》(法國,2003年),頁151,載彩圖

Jean Marc Decrop著,《Zheng Guogu》(香港,2008年),頁22, 50, 52-55,載彩圖

A highly creative artist, Zheng Guogu executed this series, Lolitas, in 1998. This series can be split into two groups—a group of approximately 32 works which depicts his female protagonists but does not incorporate any Chinese ideograms; and a group of 24 figures covered with Chinese characters, of which the present lot belongs. Each small size painting is covered with Zheng’s signature 3D gums of Chinese characters, bits of text taken from the internet, magazines, comics and popular culture. Closely related to the artist’s renowned Computer Controlled by Pig's Brain series, this group recalls the influence of the Japanese “Superflat” movement and Japanese manga, and evokes the work of Takashi Murakami and Yoshitomo Nara in particular.

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極具創意的鄭國谷在1998年創作「羅拉塔」系列。系列的作品可分為兩部分,當中約32件作品只是女性的畫像,另外24件作品則在畫像上寫滿了中文字,本作屬於後者。本作的每幅小型畫作上都寫上了鄭國谷標誌性的立體中文字樣,猶如抽取自互聯網、雜誌、漫畫和流行文化中的文字。這系列的作品與鄭國谷享負盛名的「豬腦控制電腦」系列甚具關聯性,兩個系列都受到日本「超扁平」運動影響,後者是一種源於日本漫畫和動漫美學的風格,代表人物包括村上隆及奈良美智。