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Lot 908
SHEN QIN (B. 1958)
Courtyard - Lotus
Closed24 November 2014
Price Realised
HKD 212,500
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SHEN QIN (B. 1958)
Courtyard - Lotus
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
141 x 74 cm. (55 1/2 x 29 1/8 in.)
Executed in 2014
Courtyard - Lotus
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
141 x 74 cm. (55 1/2 x 29 1/8 in.)
Executed in 2014
SHEN QIN (B. 1958)
Courtyard - Lotus
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
141 x 74 cm. (55 1/2 x 29 1/8 in.)
Executed in 2014
Courtyard - Lotus
Scroll, mounted and framed
Ink on paper
141 x 74 cm. (55 1/2 x 29 1/8 in.)
Executed in 2014
SHEN QIN (B. 1958)
Selected exhibitions:
2014 Royal College of Art, London, UK (group)
2013 Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (group)
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (group)
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
2012 Museum of Contemporary Art Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China (solo)
Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada (group)
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (group)
2011 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, China (solo)
Born in Nanjing in 1958, Shen Qin entered the Jiangsu Institute of Chinese Painting in 1978 to study traditional painting and during the New Wave movement in the mid-1980s, became an influential ink artist alongside Gu Wenda. He serves as a resident artist at the Jiangsu Institute of Chinese Painting today following a career in graphic and cinematic production design.
For Shen, the practice of painting with ink is a state of mind. The use of muted, monochromatic palette is one of the most striking features of his work, depicting flowers, plants and still-life against the background of ponds, pavilions or imaginary spaces, broadly contoured with pared-down and minimalistic lines - scenes that recall the ethereal gardens described in classical Chinese poetry. By incorporating elements of design, Shen creates images imbued with a sense of quietness that resemble black-and-white film stills: light and airiness permeate his paintings and evoke reverie.
Selected exhibitions:
2014 Royal College of Art, London, UK (group)
2013 Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (group)
National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (group)
Today Art Museum, Beijing, China (group)
2012 Museum of Contemporary Art Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China (solo)
Asian Centre, University of British Columbia, Canada (group)
Guan Shanyue Art Museum, Shenzhen, China (group)
2011 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum, China (solo)
Born in Nanjing in 1958, Shen Qin entered the Jiangsu Institute of Chinese Painting in 1978 to study traditional painting and during the New Wave movement in the mid-1980s, became an influential ink artist alongside Gu Wenda. He serves as a resident artist at the Jiangsu Institute of Chinese Painting today following a career in graphic and cinematic production design.
For Shen, the practice of painting with ink is a state of mind. The use of muted, monochromatic palette is one of the most striking features of his work, depicting flowers, plants and still-life against the background of ponds, pavilions or imaginary spaces, broadly contoured with pared-down and minimalistic lines - scenes that recall the ethereal gardens described in classical Chinese poetry. By incorporating elements of design, Shen creates images imbued with a sense of quietness that resemble black-and-white film stills: light and airiness permeate his paintings and evoke reverie.