Wang Guangyi - Contemporary Day Sale London Wednesday, July 2, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Wedel Fine Art, London
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007

  • Exhibited

    London, Saatchi Gallery, The Revolution Continues: New Art from China, 9 October – 18 Janurary 2009

  • Literature

    The Revolution Continues: New Art from China, exh. cat., Saatchi Gallery, 2008, pp 4-5

  • Catalogue Essay

    Guangyi’s Aesthetics of War - Blue No. 3 operates as a dual narrative. Combining the graphic styles of comic books and instructional manuals with scrawled blackboard-like text his work points to a visual analysis that’s equally personal and pedagogical. Rendered in X-ray tones, his tableau is situated in the realm of science fiction and adventure, giving a sense of toxicity and danger to the pop motifs and generic script, questioning the implications of public images as coded messages and the tacit role of the artist as producer.

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Aesthetics of War- Blue No 3

2006
oil on canvas
200 x 300 cm (78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in.)
Signed in English and Chinese and dated '2006 Wang Guang Yi' on the reverse.

Estimate
£40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for £56,250

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Sale
hhighley@phillips.com
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Contemporary Day Sale

London Auction 3 July 2014 2PM