| Category | Malerei |
|---|---|
| artist | Xiaowan, Xia |
| year | 1996 |
| Title | Under the surface of the sea - Three People in the Water (水中三人) |
| size 1 |
Canvas
125,0 x 160,0 cm
Frame: 129,5 x 164,5 cm |
| material | Oil on canvas |
| edition | Unique |
| signature | Dated and signed lower right: 小万 1996.12 Xià Xiǎo WanVerso gallery label |
| publication |
 Schoeni, M. (1998). Looking up. Paintings by Xia Xiao Wan. Hong Kong: Schoeni Art Gallery Ltd |
| Provenance | Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong KongPrivate Collection Germany |
| rise in value | Xia Xiaowan's works have increased considerably in value since the beginning of his career in the 1980s. In China in particular, a growing group of collectors is taking an interest in contemporary Chinese art.A comparable work of smaller format, which was also on display at the solo exhibition at Schoeni Art in Hong Kong, was sold in 2021 at Poly International Auction in Beijing for the equivalent of €191,462 (£1,380,000). |
Xia Xiaowan Under the surface of the sea - Three People in the Water (水中三人) (1996)
- Exhibited in Hong Kong – Large unique piece from 1996
- Floating bodies drifting beneath reflective water
- Prominent contemporary artist from Beijing
- Representatives of the New Wave art movement in China
€180,000.00*
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Product number:
38154
Informations
condition
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The Painting is in a good condition Superficial scratch in the paint layer in the lower left corner (approx. 39.0 cm). Mounted in frame. |
artist
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Xia Xiaowan (夏小万) wurde 1959 in Peking, China, geboren. Xia schloss 1982 sein Studium in der Abteilung für Ölmalerei der Chinesische Zentralakademie der Bildenden Kunst ab. Der Künstler ist seit der sogenannten Strömung der 'New Wave', die im China der 1980er Jahren aufkam, prominent in der zeitgenössischen Kunstszene aktiv. Ausgangspunkt seines Schaffens ist die figürliche Zeichnung und die Frage der Repräsentation der Körperlichkeit im zweidimensionalen Medium. Inspiration bilden persönliche Erfahrung, Mythen sowie westliche und östliche Kunstgeschichte. Während er bis Anfang der 2000er Jahre hauptsächlich das Medium der Ölmalerei für seine Hauptwerke nutzte, entwickelte ab 2003 eine dreidimensionale, räumliche 'Malerei', bei der er seine Zeichnung in mehrere Ebenen zergliedert und auf mehrere Lagen getöntes Glas hintereinander schwebend installiert. Bei der Bewegung durch den Raum bietet sich so ein ständig wechselnder Eindruck. Die Arbeiten von Xia Xiaowan finden bis heute große internationale Beachtung, wichtige Einzelausstellungen waren 2015 im Minsheng Art Museum in Peking, 2012 im Museum of Contemporary Art in Singapur oder 2006 auf der Shanghai Biennale. Seine erste Einzelausstellung fand 1998 in der Schoeni Art Gallery, in Hongkong statt. Xia lebt und arbeitet in Peking. Er arbeitet auch als Professor in der Abteilung für Bühnenkunst der Zentralakademie für Drama. Er ist außerdem Mitglied des China Oil Painting Institute, der Beijing Artists Association und der Beijing Arts of Oil Painting Commission. |
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Features and remarks
Major work by Xia Xiaowan
Created in 1996, this painting makes the viewer lose their footing. The pull of the whirlpool beneath the shimmering surface of the water draws our gaze right into the centre, between the three figures floating weightlessly and helplessly.
The painter comments on the scene with a concise, matter-of-fact sentence, but one that is also laced with a pinch of humour: ‘People, bloated and heavy. Water, clear and flowing.’
The painting was exhibited in 1998 in the artist's first solo exhibition, ‘Looking Up,’ at the Schoeni Art Gallery in Hong Kong and is featured in the accompanying catalogue.The main theme of this important Chinese painter is rendered here in a wonderful, light-filled manner: the body (and spirit) of man in space and its painterly interpretation.
The wonderful blue of the water provides the perfect backdrop for the painter's appealingly perspective-rich vision. The longing to let oneself drift is intertwined here in a psychologically profound way with the sometimes felt instability of human existence. Ingenious!
„Perhaps these works reveal what I have been indifferent to in the past. The facing of certain taboos has pushed me to look at human beings from a new perspective. Not only is the expressive space developed in these paintings. But also an imagery area, strange and abundant, displays a world that is seemingly fragmentary but very vivid. The important thing is that this world is not far away from an area that is already known. It seems there is a channel linking reality and dream. Making these surrealistic and experimental scenes possible and providing a real scale for my free images.“
Xia Xiaowan, 1998