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Lot 904
TAI XIANGZHOU (B. 1968)
Celestial
Closed24 November 2014
Price Realised
HKD 325,000
More Information
TAI XIANGZHOU (B. 1968)
Celestial
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on silk
32 x 136 cm. (12 5/8 x 53 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2014
Celestial
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on silk
32 x 136 cm. (12 5/8 x 53 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2014
TAI XIANGZHOU (B. 1968)
Celestial
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on silk
32 x 136 cm. (12 5/8 x 53 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2014
Celestial
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on silk
32 x 136 cm. (12 5/8 x 53 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2014
TAI XIANGZHOU (B. 1968)
Selected exhibitions
2014 Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Macau (solo)
Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong (group)
2013 The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA (solo)
2012 Gallery 8, London, UK (group)
2011 Peking University, Beijing, China (solo)
798 Art Bridge Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
ArtForum in der Kurhaus Kolonnade, Wiesbaden, Germany (group)
2010 Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
2009 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (group)
Notable collections
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing, China
Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing, China
Born in Ningxia in 1968, Tai Xiangzhou received training in calligraphy and started to study traditional ink painting with Liu Dan in 2004, before gaining his doctoral degree from the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University in 2012.
As a seasoned veteran in the conservation and restoration of classical Chinese paintings, Tai is celebrated for his scrupulous explorations of the materiality of ink and paper in his artistic practice. Inspired by his experience with and research on the history of materials, he recreates ancient ink from the Qianlong period and Cheng Xin Tang paper from Southern Tang. The meticulousness and vibrancy with which Tai renders his subjects - hyper-realistic scholar's rocks, lofty mountains and fantastical landscapes - reconfigure the age-old themes into modern spectacles of transcendental beauty. Tai's anachronism is firmly bound to the classical tradition of ink painting, albeit with a contemporary twist.
Selected exhibitions
2014 Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau, Macau (solo)
Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong (group)
2013 The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, USA (solo)
2012 Gallery 8, London, UK (group)
2011 Peking University, Beijing, China (solo)
798 Art Bridge Gallery, Beijing, China (solo)
ArtForum in der Kurhaus Kolonnade, Wiesbaden, Germany (group)
2010 Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
2009 National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (group)
Notable collections
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at Peking University, Beijing, China
Zhonghua Book Company, Beijing, China
Born in Ningxia in 1968, Tai Xiangzhou received training in calligraphy and started to study traditional ink painting with Liu Dan in 2004, before gaining his doctoral degree from the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University in 2012.
As a seasoned veteran in the conservation and restoration of classical Chinese paintings, Tai is celebrated for his scrupulous explorations of the materiality of ink and paper in his artistic practice. Inspired by his experience with and research on the history of materials, he recreates ancient ink from the Qianlong period and Cheng Xin Tang paper from Southern Tang. The meticulousness and vibrancy with which Tai renders his subjects - hyper-realistic scholar's rocks, lofty mountains and fantastical landscapes - reconfigure the age-old themes into modern spectacles of transcendental beauty. Tai's anachronism is firmly bound to the classical tradition of ink painting, albeit with a contemporary twist.