Contemporary Southeast Asian Art - Affandi - Colosseum, Rome

Affandi
Colosseum, Roma / Colosseum, Rome
1972
acrylic on canvas
99.5 x 130 cm
Courtesy of Sotheby's

阿凡迪

《鬥獸場,羅馬》

1972 年作

壓克力彩畫布

99.5 x 130 公

Affandi 阿凡迪

A master of expression, with penchant for drama,  Affandi is undeniably one of the most important artists in the canon of Southeast Asian art history.  Colosseum, Roma, marks a breakthrough in the artist's opus, embodying all the hallmarks of an iconic masterpiece while reveling in the freshness of the artist's personal discoveries abroad.  The work is one of only three known works of the subject and sets Affandi apart as a foremost modernist Indonesian artist of his generation.

阿凡迪精於表現情感,偏好戲劇效果,無疑是東南亞藝術史上最重要的藝術家之一。《羅 馬競技場》標誌著阿凡迪在藝術創作上的一項突破, 除了呈現此座建築名作的所有特徵 外, 還洋溢著他身處海外時對新發現的嶄新感悟。此作是已知僅有三幅以羅馬競技場為題 的作品之一, 亦令阿凡迪成為同代最頂尖的印尼現代主義藝術家。

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Contemporary Art (Southeast Asian) - Vicente Silva Manansala - Tiange (Market Scene)

Vicente Silva Manansala 文森·席爾瓦·馬南薩拉

Vicente Silva Manasala
Tiange (Market scene)
1977
oil on canvas
Courtesy of Sotheby's
文森·席爾瓦·馬南薩拉 《市集》 
1977 年作
油彩畫布
111.5 x 140 公分

Beaming with an ebullient spirit and robust dynamism, Tiange represents Manansala's ingenuity and formal dexterity that distinguished him as a leader of the modern era in Filipino art.  A paragon of Manansala's revered 'transparent cubism' works, Tiange captures the artist at the height of his creative output - taking inspiration from everyday life and channelling it in his idiosyncratic technique.  Depicting a vibrant market scene populated by women and a man carrying a white cockerel, this magnificent work bears the marks of the artist's intense process and his bravura for analytical subtleties distilled from nature.

《市集》洋溢奔放熱情,活力盎然,展現出馬南薩拉的精巧構思和純熟畫技,使他被譽為現代菲律賓藝術的領軍人物。《市集》為著名的「透明立體主義」典範作品, 充分展示他在創作巔峰期的藝術表現──從日常生活找尋靈感, 以獨樹一幟的技巧表達主題。作品描繪一片熱鬧的市場景象, 一群平民百姓, 还有手持白公雞的男子。此幅傑作見證藝術家熱切投入的創作過程, 以及分析自然構造的大膽嘗試。

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Contemporary Art (Asian) - Murakami Takashi - Miss Ko2

Murakami Takashi
Miss Ko2
1997
Fiberglass, iron, synthetic resin, oil paint and acrylic
182.9 x 63.5 x 82.6cm
Courtesy of Sotheby's
村上隆《Miss Ko2 》
1997 年作,
玻璃纖維、鐵、合成樹脂、油彩及壓克力顏料
182.9 x 63.5 x 82.6 公分

Mukrakami Takashi 村上隆

Miss Ko2, on Sotheby's Spring Sales - Contemporary and Modern Arts Evening Sales in 2017, is the first of Murakami's otaku-inspired sculptures rendered in life-size.  Fusing Japanese pop culture with classical Western ideals of beauty, the iconic statue was exhibited at the Palace of Versailles in Paris in 2009 and on multiple occasions around the world, thus carry great historical and cultural currency. 

《Miss Ko2》是村上隆首個把御宅族(動漫次文化)人偶手辦製成真人尺寸的雕像,  體現了藝術家融合日本當代流行文化美學與西方理想美態。《Miss Ko2》曾於 2009 年在巴黎凡爾賽宮展出, 並數次參與世界各地隆重展覽, 代表了獨特的歷史和文化潮流。

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Contemporary Art (Asian) - Kusama Yayoi - Net-No.2 Yellow

Kusama Yayoi 草間彌生

Kusama Yayoi
Net-No.2 Yellow
1960
Oil on fiberboard
96.5 x 71 cm

草間彌生《黃色網 2 號》

1960 年作,油畫纖維板,96.5 x 71 公分

Courtesy of Sotheby's

Net-No.2 Yellow is the first large yellow net from Kusama's early period infinity nets to appear at Sotheby's Spring Sales 2017 - Modern and Contemporary Art Evening sales.

While Kusama's early period nets were mostly rendered in white or red, the yellow-on-black palette on the work foreshadows the signature color schema of her iconic pumpkins.  An infinity net of the same color palette and created in the same year currently belongs in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, purchased via Frank Stella.  In 1960, the same year this work was created, Kusama and Mark Rothko were the only two American-based artists to be included, alongside Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein and Piero Manzoni, in a seminal exhibition of Monochrome paintings at the Stadtisches Museum in Leverkusen in Germany.

《黃色網 2 號》為草間彌生早期《無限網》系列中首現
拍場 - 香港蘇富比 2017 年春拍 現當代藝術晚間拍賣會
- 的大型黃色網畫作。相較早期《無限網》系列常用的紅白色調,如此色彩配搭尤為鮮見。鮮黃其後成為藝術家 最具代表性的經典色彩,遍佈她的南瓜作品, 足見本作在其傳奇創作中的前瞻意義。 同年的黃色網正屬美國華盛頓 National Gallery of Art 收藏(購至畫家 Frank Stella)。草間彌生於 1960 年創作此作, 同年德國勒沃庫森市立博物館舉辦單色畫重要展覽, 參展藝術家除了包括盧齊歐·封塔納 (Lucio Fontana)、伊夫·克萊因 (Yves Klein) 及皮耶羅·曼佐尼 (Piero Manzoni), 草間彌生更與馬克·羅斯科 (Mark Rothko) 成為展中僅有的兩位居美藝術家。

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Contemporary South East Asian Art - Le Pho - Family Life

Le Pho 黎譜

Le Pho
Family Life, c1937 - 1939
ink and gouache on silk
82 x 66 cm
黎譜
《家庭生活》, 約 1937-1939 年作
水墨水粉絹本
82 x 66 公分
Courtesy of Sotheby's

A spectacular and elaborate silk painting by Vietnamese modern master Le Pho, who stands as one of the most highly sought after Southeast Asian artists today.  Family Life epitomizes Le Pho's skill and his vivid sense of imagination, offering the viewer a nostalgic glimpse into an idyllic existence.  What truly sets this masterpiece apart is its magnificent detailing: the minutia is executed to a level of intricacy seldom found in his oeuvre.  The painstakingly universally understood emblem of beauty, highlighting familial bliss that rejoices the foundations of human life.

黎譜所作的絹本傑作 《家庭生活》展現黎氏精湛畫藝及生動想像, 進而緬懷回憶田園風光。其脫穎而出之處乃在於絲絲入扣的細節描繪, 如此精緻的細節處理在黎氏芸芸作品中並不多見。背景細節繁複, 層疊包圍畫作的焦點: 母子, 藝術家的經典主題。母子的意象純潔神聖, 為普世之美的象徵, 突顯家庭幸福, 歌頌人生本質。

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