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51 周春芽 b.1955 Zhou Chunya

ၠَӻΐ{{ʃَ Green Dog Series - Little Green Dog
ذ੹ ೥̺ Oil on canvas
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ɚ㖼㖼ɖϋЪ 150 x120 cm. 59 × 47 /4 in.
Painted in 2007
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2007 մ݆ٽ Zhou Chunya€̛ɨ Signed in Chinese and pinyin and dated
on bottom right
̈و LITERATURE
2007 ϋdմ݆ٽj೥Ъၾᎉ෧‘dʦ˚ʕ਷೥ 2007, Zhou Chunya: Paintings and
఼d̺ኁ෦ဧdୋ 39 ࠫ Sculptures, Chinatoday Gallery,
࢝ᚎ Brussels, p.39
2007 ϋd˜մ݆ٽjᖭ೥ၾᎉ෧™dʦ˚ʕ਷೥ EXHIBITED
఼d̺ኁ෦ဧ 2007, Zhou Chunya: Paintings and
Sculptures, Chinatoday Gallery,
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ତᆄݲࠠࠅӷɛᔛ࢕ٜટᒅІᖵஔ࢕͉ɛ Brussels
PROVENANCE մ݆ٽၠَ‘dذ੹೥̺d149 x 120 cmd2002 ϋ
HKD 900,000 – 1,500,000 Acquired directly by present important Ъdשርϓʹᄆ 4,365,900 ʩಥ࿆
USD 115,400 – 192,300 European collector from the artist

Pugs: A Promising Future
In this work, untypically, the main character is a gentle and innocent Pug,
instead of a courageous German Shepherd, which was often seen in previous
paintings. It looks towards the viewer with his mouth open to reveal a vivid pink
tongue. The artist deliberately does not place the main character in the centre
of the painting, but slightly to the lower right, creating a lot of white space. On
the one hand, it emphasizes the pug’s expression; on the other hand, it hints
at the puppy is at an early stage of life, waiting for a bright future, which also
reveals the artist’s hope.
East Meets West: The Symbiosis of Chinese Literati and Western
Sculptural
It is worth noting that, by allowing the oil colours to flow freely, it is easy
to see that Zhou Chunya’s creations are influenced by a certain degree of
Western Expressionism, as well as the calligraphic brushstrokes that come
from his cultural background. The hair of the main character in the painting
is composed of brown, warm yellow, and acidic green colours, with the same
calligraphic strokes as in Chinese humanistic painting, and the texture of
dryness and wetness is similar to that of Bada Shanren’s landscapes, flowers,
and birds. The sculptural volume of the work is created by the stacking of
colours and brushstrokes of varying depths and thicknesses. The work
appears to be thick without losing its agility, and the brushstrokes are flowing
freely, which makes this work a high degree of combination of the artist’s
emotion and skill.
For Zhou himself, the dog has
become a symbol of life itself.
In Green Dog Series - Little Green
Dog, the puppy represents the
artist himself with a heart of
gold, that he looks back and
communicate with himself at the
age of fulfilment. Each stroke is
a gentle but determined motto,
accompanying him through the
մ݆ٽၾฌ˭ල࣬ four seasons of life.

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