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拍品专文
‘I began this picture on the high sea and finished it in Thailand. On board the Regentag we had about thirty green potted plants whose leaves swayed with the rhythm of the waves as if they were dancers. It is the view from the wheel in the pilot’s cabin towards the bow. The round leaves are those of ‘Ligularia tussilaginea’ from the Isle of Elba’ (F. Hundertwasser’s comment about this work, quoted in Hundertwasser 1928-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, Cologne 2002, p. 600).
Pulsating with dynamism and liveliness, Regentag in Siam (Rainy Day in Siam) (1976-1977) is a luxurious example of Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s unique vibrant style. Hundertwasser began the present work when he was travelling by sea and completed it in Siam, modern Thailand. On a rainy day the artist captured the view of the sea from the wheel in the pilot’s cabin towards the bow as visible on the left corner of the painting, which also displays an array of cosily domestic books and pot plants. Rendered in lively colours and flowing lines, Rainy Day in Siam creates a richly detailed and densely textural surface enlivened by the artist’s iconic spiral design, relocating the stormy landscape to a colourful and peaceful setting. Here, primitive, smiling masks even emerge from these patterns: the spiral, his most vital motif, masterfully amalgamates lifeless objects with the natural world. As Hundertwasser once stated, ‘The spiral, as I see it is a vegetative spiral, with swellings, where the lines become thicker and thinner, like the rings of a tree trunk, but with this difference, that they do not lie within one another, but form a coil’ (F. Hundertwasser, ‘The Spiral’ in Austria Presents Hundertwasser to the Continents, exh. cat., Gruener Janura AG, Glarus/ Switzerland, 1980, p. 491). Rejecting straight lines, the work reconciles humans with nature in a surreal seascape that leaps outside the canvas and becomes animated. The lively spirit of the work is also enhanced by the range of materials the artist employed; by placing them next to each other, Hundertwasser exploits the contrast between their colour and texture he gives the canvas a tangible sense of vitality and freedom. Hundertwasser’s lush, sinuous style is deeply informed by the artistic context of Vienna, by Art Nouveau masterpieces and ultimately by his Viennese predecessors Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, whom he greatly admired.
Pulsating with dynamism and liveliness, Regentag in Siam (Rainy Day in Siam) (1976-1977) is a luxurious example of Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s unique vibrant style. Hundertwasser began the present work when he was travelling by sea and completed it in Siam, modern Thailand. On a rainy day the artist captured the view of the sea from the wheel in the pilot’s cabin towards the bow as visible on the left corner of the painting, which also displays an array of cosily domestic books and pot plants. Rendered in lively colours and flowing lines, Rainy Day in Siam creates a richly detailed and densely textural surface enlivened by the artist’s iconic spiral design, relocating the stormy landscape to a colourful and peaceful setting. Here, primitive, smiling masks even emerge from these patterns: the spiral, his most vital motif, masterfully amalgamates lifeless objects with the natural world. As Hundertwasser once stated, ‘The spiral, as I see it is a vegetative spiral, with swellings, where the lines become thicker and thinner, like the rings of a tree trunk, but with this difference, that they do not lie within one another, but form a coil’ (F. Hundertwasser, ‘The Spiral’ in Austria Presents Hundertwasser to the Continents, exh. cat., Gruener Janura AG, Glarus/ Switzerland, 1980, p. 491). Rejecting straight lines, the work reconciles humans with nature in a surreal seascape that leaps outside the canvas and becomes animated. The lively spirit of the work is also enhanced by the range of materials the artist employed; by placing them next to each other, Hundertwasser exploits the contrast between their colour and texture he gives the canvas a tangible sense of vitality and freedom. Hundertwasser’s lush, sinuous style is deeply informed by the artistic context of Vienna, by Art Nouveau masterpieces and ultimately by his Viennese predecessors Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, whom he greatly admired.