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小松美羽 Miwa KOMATSU(Japanese, b. 1986)

Sold for NT$5,000,000 at Ravenel on Dec 4, 2022.

Colorful diptych with two horned mythical guardian creatures, four white cats, and burst-like forms on gold and dark green ground.

Lot description

紐約「感」與「想」;香港「感」與「想」(雙聯幅) New York"Feel" and "Think"; Hong Knog"Feel" and "Think"(diptych) 簽名畫背: 2017 小松美羽 Signed on the reserve Miwa KOMATSU in Chinese and dated 2017 小松美羽,曾被藝術獎評選「世界藝術家前39名」,被稱為「地球籍的藝術家」「無國籍創作者」,她的天地守護獸有田燒作品,已被大英博物館永久珍藏,也是該館所典藏的在世藝術家作品最年輕的一位。她不僅風格獨特、備受國際矚目,畫風也是獨樹一幟的鮮明。 《紐約「感」與「想」;香港「感」與「想」(雙聯幅)》為市場罕見的雙聯幅作品,金字塔式構圖,以飽滿的金黃色和墨綠色打底,用墨、壓克力顏料等各式媒材堆疊,以打圈、並列、粗獷而又充滿張力的線條和自由奔放的筆觸描繪畫面。畫面中央兩隻神獸,獨角與雙角。由金、墨切割的畫面有如切割陰與陽的界線,四周端坐著四隻潔白色的犬,眼神又帶點溫柔。整幅畫面構圖平衡而又和諧,色彩飽滿而又明亮豐富,栩栩如生又充滿靈性。在藝術家的畫筆下,守護獸們象徵著神靈,傳達了一種守護力量和正能量,也是保護人類和平的守護神。 Miwa Komatsu was elected as top 39 international artists. She was acclaimed as an international artist without boundaries. She is the youngest living artist whose work of Guardian lion dog made with Arita porcelain was kept as a permanent collection at the British Museum. Her unique works and style allowed her name to echo throughout the international platform. New York "Feel" and "Think"; Hong Kong "Feel" and "Think" is a diptych rare to the market. With a pyramid structure, the painting is set on a golden and dark green background. Using media such as ink and acrylic paint, the artist filled the canvas with circles, parallel and rough lines and freehand strokes. Two guardian lion dogs, male and female, are composed at the center of the canvas. A unicorn and a bicorn sit across the gold and black sides of the canvas, surrounded by four white Komainu with a gentle expression. The whole canvas has a balanced structure filled with vivid colours, radiant with life. The guardian animals are depicted with divine power and positive energy symbolized as mythical beings protecting humankind.

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