Asian Contemporary & Chinese 20th Century Art

Wang Qingquan, école chinoise contemporaine; Maison de thé près du lac, 2006. Photo Eric Pillon Enchères Huile sur toile signée et datée en bas à droite. 80 x 100 - Estimation : 6 000 / 8 000 € Eric Pillon Enchères - 78000 Versailles. Vente aux enchères du Dimanche 8 mai 2011. Hôtel des Ventes du Château - 13, avenue de Saint-Cloud.. Tel 01 39 02 40 40

Artists hold banners including one featuring a portrait of detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei during a protest urging for his release, in Hong Kong April 23, 2011. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (REUTERS).- Over one thousand protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets to demand the release of detained Chinese artist and human rights activist Ai Weiwei on Saturday, scuffling briefly with police. The rally -- the largest in a string of protests across the city in recent weeks -- has underscored Hong Kong's growing role as a hotbed of... [Lire la suite]

Ai Weiwei avec sa liste des noms des écoliers qui ont succombé dans le tremblement de terre au Sichuan en 2008, affiché sur le mur de son bureau au FAKE Design à Pékin, mai 2009 - © photo travaux de Ai Weiwei - 2009 - © Ai Weiwei PEKIN (CHINE)  – Le site hébergeur d’une importante pétition pour la libération d’Ai Weiwei rencontre des difficultés de fonctionnement. Ces perturbations sont dues à des attaques informatiques en provenance de Chine. Aux Etats-Unis, le site internet Change.org qui héberge une pétition pour la... [Lire la suite]

Qiu Zhijie (B. 1969), Tattoo II. Photo Sotheby's chromogenic print mounted on aluminium board. Signed in Pinyin and Chinese, titled in English and numbered 8/10 on the reverse. Executed in 1994; 170 by 146 cm.; 66 7/8 by 57 1/2 in. Estimate 300,000—400,000 HKD. Lot Sold 500,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Galerie Loft, Paris and Hong Kong EXHIBITED: USA, Chicago, The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago; Eugene, University of Oregon Museum of Art; Hanover, Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, Transience... [Lire la suite]

Qiu Zhijie (B. 1969), Writing the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" One Thousand Times. Photo Sotheby's black and white photograph and video. Each photo titled in English and numbered 5/5; DVD signed in Pinyin and Chinese and numbered 9/25. Executed in 1990-1995. Each photo: 65 by 149.8 cm,; 25 5/8 by 59 in. video duration: 35 mins. Estimate 240,000—300,000 HKD. Lot Sold 800,000 HKD PROVENANCE: Galerie Loft, Paris and Hong Kong EXHIBITED: USA, New York, Asia Society Galleries and PS1 Contemporary Art Center; San Francisco, San Francisco... [Lire la suite]

Agapetus (B. 1968), Hati yang Membatu (Petrified Heart). Photo Sotheby's Signed, dated 10 and numbered 2/5 on the base of the cap. aluminium cast, paint; 145 by 123 by 53 cm.; 57 by 48 1/2 by 20 3/4 in. Estimate 140,000—220,000 HKD. Lot Sold 225,000 HKD Executed in 2010, this work is number 2 from an edition of 5, plus 2 artist's proof. Sotheby's. Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asian Paintings. | 04 Apr 11. Hong Kong www.sothebys.com

Shen Han Wu (B. 1950), Ancient Village 2. photo Sotheby's oil on canvas, signed and dated 2003; titled on the reverse, 71.1 by 55.9 cm. Estimate 10,000—15,000 USD. Lot Sold 23,750 USD Sotheby's. Contemporary Art, 09 Mar 11 10:00 AM, New York www.sothebys.com

Ouyang Chun, The King's Woman (2008) © Li Liang VIENNA.- Ouyang Chun's Painting The King is the first institutional one-man show to present the artist, who was born in Beijing in 1974, outside of China. The exhibition is on view from March 2, 2011 and runs June 12, 2011 at Augarten Contemporary. His cycle King, consisting of thirty paintings, some of which are more than five metres long, relates episodes from the life of a king in a breathtakingly painterly diversity, telling about his victories and defeats, about love and death.... [Lire la suite]

Zhang Huan (B. 1965), Skin. photo courtesy Christie's Ltd 2011 signed, numbered and dated in Chinese and in English 'Zhang Huan 1997 18/25' (on a paper lable affixed to the reverse of each panel), colour coupler print, in twenty parts, each: 16 x 20in. (40.6 x 50.8cm.). Executed in 1997, this work is number eighteen from an edition of twenty-five. Estimate £25,000 - £35,000. Price Realized £49,250 Provenance: Friedman Benda Gallery, New York.Acquired from the above by the present owner. Literature: Xunta de Galicia and... [Lire la suite]

Zhang Huan (B. 1965), Chicken Pox. photo courtesy Christie's Ltd 2011 signed, numbered and dated 'Zhang Huan 2000 21/25' (on a label affixed to the reverse of each panel), colour coupler prints, in six parts , 20 7/8 x 16½in. (53 x 42cm.). Executed in 2000, this work is number twenty-one from an edition of twenty-five. Estimate £5,000 - £7,000. Price Realized £6,250 Provenance: Max Lang Gallery, New York.Acquired from the above by the present owner. Literature: Zhang Huan, exh. cat., Berlin, Galerie Volker Diehl, 2006... [Lire la suite]