Lot 562: Yeh Chu-Sheng , b. 1946 Seed + 18F oil and acrylic on canvas

signed and dated 2007 (lower left); signed and titled in English and dated 2007 (reverse) oil and acrylic on canvas

measurements note 259 by 194 cm.; 102 by 76 1/4 in.

Taichung City, GSR Gallery, Yeh Chu-Sheng Solo Exhibition: Change and Symbiosis, May-June 2008
Taipei, Leisure Art Center, Yeh Chu-Sheng Solo Exhibition, 2008

The artist was inspired to create this painting when he picked up a peculiar shaped pine cone during one of his travels. The center of this painting is dominated by an exaggerated, huge pine cone. This compositional characteristic activates the surface of the canvas. The personification of the seed infused the painting with a dynamic and leaping emotion, as if there is an atmospheric flow within it.

Seed + 18 F 2007 demonstrates the life course of a seed where external environment determines its signs of life. Some seeds fall onto fertile soil while some fall on barren ground; this creates a completely different result. The artist employs the techniques of expressionism and automatism to display strong, bold lines and spontaneous colours. This symbolizes the exuberant vitality, as well as what happens in the process of the phenomenon of life.