Ding Fang
The Girl Sewing Cloth Soles Of Shoes(Painted In 1988)
Found at
China Guardian,
Hong Kong
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 743
30. Mar - 30. Mar 2019
Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art, Lot 743
30. Mar - 30. Mar 2019
Estimate: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Price realised: not available
Price realised: not available
Description
Oil on canvas
65 × 80 cm. 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in.
Signed in pinyin on bottom right; signed and titled in Chinese, dated on the reverse
Acquired directly by an important Asian collector from the artist | Holiness in Humility | Ding Fang’s Ode to the Highlands | As one of the leading figures of China’s “85 Movement”, Ding Fang creates art as a means of sharing his profound existential musings on themes such as national history and intellectual civilization. Since the mid-1980s, a new element — light — has played a prominent role in Ding Fang’s artworks. Rather than a natural occurrence, this light is a sacred presence that connects those who bask in it to the spiritual realm. | A Spiritual Exploration of Civilization | It was in his work from 1986, City Series No. 1 (Lot 744), that Ding Fang developed his uniqu
65 × 80 cm. 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in.
Signed in pinyin on bottom right; signed and titled in Chinese, dated on the reverse
Acquired directly by an important Asian collector from the artist | Holiness in Humility | Ding Fang’s Ode to the Highlands | As one of the leading figures of China’s “85 Movement”, Ding Fang creates art as a means of sharing his profound existential musings on themes such as national history and intellectual civilization. Since the mid-1980s, a new element — light — has played a prominent role in Ding Fang’s artworks. Rather than a natural occurrence, this light is a sacred presence that connects those who bask in it to the spiritual realm. | A Spiritual Exploration of Civilization | It was in his work from 1986, City Series No. 1 (Lot 744), that Ding Fang developed his uniqu