Yi Jian Mei, a Title for a Poem and Song

Details

Tan Ping (b.1960)
Yi Jian Mei, a Title for a Poem and Song
signed 'Tan Ping' in Pinyin (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas (triptych)
overall: 200 x 325.2 cm. (78 3/4 x 128 in.)
each: 200 x 140.2 cm. (78 3/4 x 55 1/4 in.); 200 x 45 cm. (78 3/4 x 17 3/4 in.);200 x 140 cm. (78 3/4 x 55 1/8 in.)
Painted in 2005

Literature

Heibei Education Press, Transition: Tan Ping, Heibei, China, 2005 (illustrated, p. 218).

Special Notice

This Lot has been sourced from overseas. When auctioned, such property will remain under “bond” with the applicable import customs duties and taxes being deferred unless and until the property is brought into free circulation in the PRC. Prospective buyers are reminded that after paying for such lots in full and cleared funds, if they wish to import the lots into the PRC, they will be responsible for and will have to pay the applicable import customs duties and taxes. The rates of import customs duty and tax are based on the value of the goods and the relevant customs regulations and classifications in force at the time of import.

Lot Essay

Tang Ping's abstract art is radiate sensibility and emotionality. His five-year studies in Germany in the 90's inspired him to transition from figuration to abstract expressions. Electrifying, full colours and moving dots and lines in a simple, spatial layout are a vessel through which Tan expresses his feelings. These ideas originate from the uncertainty in Tan's brushstroke - the direction of each stroke, and the relationships between simple colour blocks in the background in well balanced under Tang's practiced dexterity.

Tang chooses pure but strong colours to connect the mood of the piece with the space surrounding it. In Yi Jiang Mei, a Title for a Poem and Song, the overpowering red and dark green lines in the white blocks in the centre are as different as night and day. This two-dimensional space has become a place where ink and colours move along each other in a tango.

More from Asian and Western 20th Century & Contemporary Art

View All