Figure and Form: Modern Art Featuring Bridging Generations, Property from an Important Southeast Asian Private Museum
世間形相:現代藝術暨「跨世代: 東南亞重要私人美術館珍藏」專題拍賣
Online Auction: 8–16 November 2021 • Hong Kong | 網上拍賣:2021年11月8–16日 • 香港

Figure and Form: Modern Art Featuring Bridging Generations, Property from an Important Southeast Asian Private Museum 8–16 November 2021 • 11:00 AM HKT • Hong Kong

Sotheby’s Hong Kong online auction, Figure and Form: Modern Art Featuring Bridging Generations, Property from an Important Southeast Asian Private Museum focuses on works that capture the spirit of artists from the 20th century, as well as the various ways in which they challenged established norms of figurative practice, creating new and wholly modern forms of art.

Among many highlights in this auction are works from ‘Bridging Generations’, a single-owner grouping of Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art. This collection features iconic works by Srihadi Sudarsono, Adrien-Jean Le Mayeur de Merprès, Rudolf Bonnet, Sunaryo, Mangu Putra and Lee Man Fong.

The sale also includes a selection of modern portraits, which range from Walasse Ting’s exuberant paintings of women to Chiu Ya-Tsai’s introspective depictions of solitary figures. These works are joined by delightful depictions of animals, with auspicious rabbits, soaring birds, majestic elephants, and other wild beasts mediating our understanding of our relationship with nature. Sculptural works by Lai Chi Man, Dolorosa Sinaga, Ahmad Sadali, and Sunaryo are also offered in the sale, as well as editioned works by Asian Modern masters Sanyu, Chu Teh-Chun, Zao Wou-Ki, Fan Ho, presenting both new and seasoned collectors the opportunity to acquire works by some of the most recognisable names of the Modern era.


香港蘇富比「世間形相:現代藝術暨「跨世代: 東南亞重要私人美術館珍藏」專題拍賣」精選二十世紀藝術家作品,看他們如何挑戰具象畫成規,開拓現代藝術新風潮。

本次拍賣許多精選拍品均出自「跨世代」這個匯萃東南亞現代及當代藝術的私人收藏系列,系列焦點包括斯裡哈迪・蘇達索諾、勒邁耶、魯道夫・邦尼(Rudolf Bonnet)、蘇納里奧、曼古・普杜拉及李曼峰等名家傑作。

本次拍賣亦將呈獻多幅現代肖像畫,包括丁雄泉以女性為主題、活潑而鮮艷的畫作,及邱亞才帶有內省意味的單人肖像畫等等。除了人像畫以外,亦有象徵吉祥的兔子、遨翔的飛鳥、威武的大象及其他飛禽走獸,這些以動物為題的作品,令我們反思人類與大自然的關係。本次拍賣涵括黎志文、多洛羅薩・西納加、阿曼德・薩達利及蘇納里奧的雕塑作品,還有亞洲現代藝術大師常玉、朱德群、趙無極的傑作,以及何藩的版畫和攝影作品。


Bridging Generations「跨世代」

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Art is the key to bridging generations within a community, with works that express shared ideas of beauty and experiences of diverse cultures. Following the strong result of Sotheby’s Modern Art October series, in which Hendra Gunawan’s Fish Market from the same grouping achieved HK$9 million, this sale presents the second iteration of ‘Bridging Generations: Property from an Important Southeast Asian Private Museum’, a single-owner grouping of modern and contemporary art, a passion project that seeks to create a strong sense of cultural identity and a powerful connection between art and the community. Among the many highlights are Srihadi Sudarsono’s Dinamika Legong which expresses the aesthetic and transcendental principles of Indonesian dance, and Rudolf Bonnet’s Farmer from Njuh Kuning, which reveals his incessant curiosity and unyielding commitment to studying the lives of the Balinese communities, joined by Lee Man Fong’s enigmatic portrait of a Tibetan village girl.

藝術讓人互相分享對美的看法以及不同的文化經歷,因此藝術對社區而言,是世代之間溝通的關鍵。承接「跨世代・東南亞重要私人美術館珍藏」於蘇富比現代藝術 10月拍賣的驕人成績——其中亨德拉・古拿溫《魚市》 以港幣9,000,000高價成交,本次拍賣再度呈獻「跨世代」收藏。從這個收藏的內涵可見,原藏家熱愛藝術並希望以藝術建立更強烈的文化認同感,建構藝術與社區之間的連繫。拍賣亮點包括斯裡哈迪・蘇達索諾描繪出印尼舞蹈的美感與靈性昇華特質的《雷貢舞》、反映出魯道夫・邦尼對峇里島人文風情的無限嚮往與探究熱情的《Farmer from Njuh Kuning》,以及李曼峯滿有神秘色彩的藏族村莊姑娘畫像。

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Modern Figures現代人像畫

Artists have always been inspired by holding a mirror to themselves and others. The advent of photography as a medium changed the way artists in the 20th century approached portraiture, and as a result, they pushed the boundaries of the art form and took artistic liberties that deviated from strict verisimilitude. Thanks to their stylistic innovations, these faces have been immortalized in way that are at times realistic representations or symbolic expressions of the artist’s relationship to the subject. Walasse Ting's vibrant work reflects the artist’s joie de vivre and an open appreciation for beauty – of flowers, women, or nature. The worlds of André Brasilier are often populated by musicians and beautiful women, while Chiu Ya-Tsai’s lonely portraits offer hints to the artist’s own inner world, and Tony Wong’s figures exist in mysterious realms that that evoke fables and mythology.

藝術家經常從對自己與他人的反思中得到啟發。攝影技術的出現,改變了二十世紀藝術家處理肖像的手法,他們不斷突破肖像畫的界限,不再局限於追求寫實相似,得以恣意揮灑創意。得益於這些突破,畫中人能夠以各種面貌流傳百世——有時是真實的呈現,有時充滿象徵和隱喻,代表著藝術家與主題之間的關係。丁雄泉明媚活潑的作品,反映了藝術家對享受生命及對美——特別是花卉、女性及自然之美的熱愛。安德烈・布拉吉利筆下的世界充滿了音樂家與美女;邱亞才寂寞的肖像畫讓觀眾得以一探藝術家的內心世界;黃榮禧筆下的人物則有如存在於神秘的國度中,令人聯想起各種寓言與神話。

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Landscapes自然風景
“A landscape will alter according to the mood of the person who sees it, and in order to represent that particular scene, the artist will produce a picture that expresses his own personal feelings. It is these feelings which are crucial: nature is merely the means of conveying them.”
Edvard Munch

Landscapes are a means for the artists to express inner states of being. While Le Mayeur identified as an impressionist, who sought to emulate beauty through the use of colour and light, his idyllic compositions offered a sense of remove from the pressures of modernity and the violence of a war that deeply affected him. Pang Jiun, who also admired and studied the works of Claude Monet, sought in his own work to blend fragments of memories with the expressive forms of Western art and the spiritual tones of Chinese literati painting. Arie Smit had the soul of a romantic wanderer, travelling extensively throughout Indonesia, capturing the beauty of the archipelago in vibrant depictions of nature. His use of colour plays with visual perception, recreating a landscape that is partly a memory and partly imagined.

「風景的面貌,會隨著觀賞者的心情而改變;為了呈現那一特定面貌,藝術家會描繪出一幅蘊含個人情感的畫像。這些情感正是畫作的重點:自然風景只是表達情感的手段。」
愛德華·孟克

風景是藝術家表達內心狀態與情感的工具。自認是印象派畫家的勒邁耶運用色彩及光影呈現自然之美,他繪畫的田園風景畫帶領觀眾脫離現代生活的壓力,並遠離那讓他深受打擊的戰爭暴力。仰慕莫內並積極研究莫內作品的龎均,在作品中糅合回憶的碎片,及西方藝術與中國文人畫的表達手法。浪漫的遊子阿瑞・史密特(Arie Smit)熱愛印尼,並以生動活潑的自然風景畫捕捉印尼群島之美。他以精妙的運色配合各種視角,呈現出回憶與幻想並存的風景。

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Beautiful Beasts畫布上的飛禽走獸

The popularity of animals as a source of inspiration to artists for centuries has always been matched by the enthusiasm of those who may have commissioned their depiction, as well as collectors. The impulse to assign symbolism to animals is linked to our awareness of what it means to be human, and this understanding connects art and cultures throughout history. Depictions of animals were projections of allegories, aesthetic muses or symbols of creation – reinforcing widely-held mythology or beliefs. While Lee Man Fong’s Rabbits summon luck and the soaring bird in Popo Iskandar’s Burung signifies freedom and eternity, the magnificent elephants by the temple in Adrien Jean Le Mayeur’s Udaipur represents wisdom and royal power.

在多個世紀以來,動物不但是備受藝術家喜愛的靈感來源;作品委託人與收藏家亦同樣喜愛這個題材。當我們用象徵手法描繪動物,某程度上反映了我們如何看待人類本身的存在意義,這樣的思考在古往今來各地文化和藝術中歷歷可見。藝術家對動物的描繪,反映著各種寓言故事,亦是美學靈感來源的投射,也象徵著創造,進一步鞏固早已深入民心的神話與信仰——比如,李曼峰的《兔子》象徵吉祥幸運;博波・伊斯康達的《鳥》以遨翔天際的姿態象徵自由與永恆;在勒邁耶《烏代布爾》中廟旁壯觀的大象,則代表智慧與皇室權力。

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Sculpture雕塑

We take a look at highlights of works that express form and figure in sculptural or three-dimensional language – executed by different artists working in the 20th century.

雕塑家以立體可觸的形式呈現世間萬千種形態,今次上拍的雕塑作品皆出自二十世紀藝術家之手。

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Modern Masters現代藝術大師

The sale presents editioned works by Asian Modern masters Sanyu, Chu Teh-Chun, Zao Wou-Ki, Fan Ho, offering both new and seasoned collectors the opportunity to acquire works by some of the most recognisable names of the Modern era.

本次拍賣呈獻亞洲現代藝術大師常玉、朱德群、趙無極的傑作,以及何藩的版畫和攝影作品。歡迎各路收藏家盡情飽覽、購藏這些別具時代意義的二十世紀藝術佳作。

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