Lot 44: ZHU WEI

B. 1966
CHINA CHINA

figure 1: 74 by 34 by 22 in. 187.9 by 86.3 by 55.8 cm. figure 2: 66 by 30 by 18 1/2 in. 167.6 by 76.2 by 46.9 cm. platform: 16 by 43 1/4 by 80 5/8 in. 40.6 by 109.8 by 204.6 cm.

each signed in Chinese and numbered 2/12

hand painted fiberglass

Executed in 1998-2000.

PROVENANCE

Plum Blossoms Gallery, Hong Kong
Private Collection, Europe

EXHIBITED

Other examples exhibited:

Beijing, Red Gate Gallery, Zhu Wei Works Exhibition, April, 2006
New York, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Corporate Corporeality: Chinese Artists Re-examining the Body in the Age of Global Capitalism, April, 2004
Hong Kong, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Zhu Wei - Another Perspective, May, 2004
Paris, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pékin, October, 2002, p. 271, illustrated in color
Hong Kong and Singapore, Plum Blossoms Gallery, Zhu Wei Diary, 2000, pp. 384-387, illustrated in color

LITERATURE

Zhu Wei, Beijing, 2004, p.111, similar example illustrated in color;
Asian Art News, "A Week of Surprise," vol.16, number 1, January/February, 2004, p.66, similar example illustrated in color; Insider's Guide to Beijing, Shantou, "The Road Home - Interview with Artist Zhu Wei," April, 2004, p.176, similar example illustrated in color