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Lot 927: MA  LIUMING

Est: $100,000 HKD - $150,000 HKDSold:
Sotheby'sHong Kong, Hong KongApril 02, 2012

Item Overview

Description

B.  1969
FEN-MA  LIUMING  WALKS  THE  GREAT  WALL
signed  in  Chinese,  dated  1998  and  numbered  6/20,  framed
black  and  white  photograph
121  by  184  cm.;  47  5/8    by  72  1/2    in.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

Alternate edition exhibited:
France, Paris, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pékin, 2002, p. 146
France, Angers, L' Abbaye du Ronceray and Angers Museum, Propaganda, de Mao à Coca-Cola, 2003, p. 32
France, Beziers, Espace Culturel Paul Riquet, Et Moi, Et Moi Et Moi... Portraits Chinois, 2004, p. 37
USA, New York, International Center of Photography and Asia Society (and 5 other locations in Europe and America), Between Past and Future. New Photography and Video from China, 2004 - 2006, p. 64
Italy, Milan, Sapzio Oberdan, Cina: Prospettive D'Arte Contemporanea, June - October, 2005, pp. 40 - 41

Literature

Alternate edition illustrated:
Ma Liuming, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, 2000, cover, back cover, pp. 18-19, and 24-27
China Contemporary Art, Museu de Arte Brasileira, 2002, pp. 216-217
Christine Buci-Glucksmann ed., Modernités Chinoises, Skira Editore,
Milan, Italy, 2003, p. 54
Out of the Red - The New Emerging Generation of Chinese Photographers, Damiani Editore, Bologna, Italy, 2004, pp. 120-121
Julia Colman, Critical Mass, Chinese Contemporary, London, UK, 2004, p. 44
Thomas J. Berghuis, Performance Art in China, Timezone 8, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 31
China Art Book: The 80 Most Renowned Chinese Artists, Dumont Buchverlag, Köln, Germany, 2007, p. 269
Richard Vine, New China New Art, Prestel Publishing, New York, USA, 2008, p. 80
Claudia Albertini, Avatars and Antiheroes: A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists, Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan, 2008, pp. 86-87
Melissa Chiu, Chinese Contemporary Art: 7 Things You Should Know, AW Asia, New York, USA, 2008, pp. 54-55

Provenance

Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Auction Details

Contemporary Asian Art

by
Sotheby's
April 02, 2012, 12:00 PM ChST

5/F, Standard Chartered Bank Building 4-4A Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, HK