PRINTEXHIBITED:
ART TAIPEI 2006, Art Galleries Association R.O.C, Taipei, May 5-9, 2006
ILLUSTRATED:
Fan Di-an ed., The 1st Annual Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2005, color illustrated, p. 244
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Three Artists from Guizhou
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2005 Mixed media on canvas 150 x 109 cm Signed upper center Dachun and dated 2003 in Chinese |
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Estimate
1,600,000 - 2,200,000 381,000 - 524,000 49,000 - 67,300
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Sold Price
1,770,000 428,260 54,765
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ART TAIPEI 2006, Art Galleries Association R.O.C, Taipei, May 5-9, 2006
Fan Di-an ed., The 1st Annual Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Art, Beijing, 2005, color illustrated, p. 244
Catalogue Note:
The value of painting is in how it creates an inner world where the image itself can be free. Ji Dachun has achieved this, reflecting not only his fantasies and obsessions with the world but also conveying the allure of the painting itself in a very lively manner: hesitation, affirmation, revision, suggestion, ornamentation and obfuscation. This direct method of working seems more like a psychological test done in the form of a painting. Creatively speaking, this meets Ji Dachun's need for a simple yet rich method of expression.
In his completed artwork, we can sense his elegant rebellion. He is only exploring anew the potential of painting rather than totally abandoning his paintbrush. In terms of "likeness", he has made imagery a subjective method of expressing one's own personal character and a humorous transformation. Beyond this, Dachun is also continuing to press himself on the meaning of classic arts in order to give his paintings more modernity. In other words, the painting is itself an experiment in painting. In one sense, Ji Dachun's painting can be considered the use of Western modern perspectives and graphical models to rediscover the spirit of modernity within traditional visual arts.