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56 ௩ᙘ b.1978 Fu Rao
ࢀ˚ Summer Days
ذ ̺ Oil on canvas
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ɚ㖼ɓɘϋЪ 115 × 165 cm. 45 /4 × 65 in.
Painted in 2019
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Fu Rao 2019̛ɨ Signed in pinyin and dated on bottom right
LITERATURE
̈و 2019, Infinitrace: Rao Fu, Mind Set Art Center, Taipei,
2019 ϋdΈϋ ௩ᙘdτՙᖵஔٰ΅Ϟࠢʮ̡d p. 28-29
̨̏dୋ 28 Ї 29 ࠫ
EXHIBITED
࢝ᚎ 12 Jul – 22 Sep 2019, Infinitrace: Rao Fu Solo
2019 ϋ 7 ˜ 12 Ї 9 ˜ 22 ˚dΈϋj௩ᙘࡈ Exhibition, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei
࢝dᗫನߕஔd̨̏ PROVENANCE
Ը๕ Mind Set Art Center, Taipei
̨̏τՙᖵஔʕː Acquired directly by present private Asian collector
ତԭݲӷɛᔛٜટᒅІɪࠑԸ๕ from the above
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
ڝj̨̏τՙᖵஔʕːකͭʘᖵஔፋᖦЪۜ
issued by Taipei Mind Set Art Center and signed by the
ᗇࣣ
artist
HKD 160,000 – 250,000
USD 20,500 – 32,100
contours, with vibrant colours racing through, detaching from their everyday lives, hold a deep love for art. And this love is
reality and wandering in the world of imagination and dreams. enough to capture the inseparable and genuine connection
between life and art.
Moreover, the artist employs a rare technique of “picture in
picture” to create a subtle expression, forming layers of spatial The Ideal State of Life
tension. The man wearing a cowboy hat is driving forward, and In addition, Summer Days is also reminiscent of a 19th century
the shopping bag hanging on the handlebars of his car shows German Romanticism artist Casper Friedrich. In his painting
the realistic aspects of life. In contrast, the woman in the Two Men Contemplating the Moon, where he walks through
backseat with white hair is holding a landscape oil painting, the woods with a sense of mission and a mysterious journey
that depicts a path with swaying tree shadows, reflecting the towards nature. However, the era of exploring on foot has
protagonist’s current journey. Here he deliberately makes a become a thing of the past and the people in the painting now
distinction between the two. continue to march through nature with a new force, bringing
with them the glory of the past and the imagination of today.
In the uninhabited landscape of the painting, the trees on both Whether it is the mythical and transcendent image of the
sides divide the sky into an inverted triangle-shaped blank white-haired woman or the knight-like spirit of the man,
space, with the winding road at the centre, showcasing the the colourful characters in the painting blend classical and
classic composition of the Barbizon School. The branches contemporary, reality and imagination, and in the fresh and
swaying in the wind, reminiscent of the fir trees in front of passionate colourful brushwork, they exude the optimism of
Mont Sainte-Victoire in Cézanne’s brushstrokes, stretch life facing nature and the universe. Like the “Waldeinsamkeit”
freely and exuberantly. Fu Rao uses expressive lines with of Romanticism, they use their souls to dialogue with nature
an oriental touch to create a vibrant form of life, while the and time and space,
elegant light brown hues convey a sense of classical charm, to seek the source
paying homage to tradition. The clever use of “picture in of inner faith, and to
picture” creates a dialogue between the interior and exterior complete the ideal
spaces, suggesting a comparison between the pursuit of pure state of ultimate unity
landscape in classical art and the incorporation of characters with the physical
and narratives in contemporary creations, thus implying the self. When we go
important significance and influence of art on humanity. The deeper and deeper,
contemporary and surrealistic brilliance in Summer Days we will finally see the
not only permeates through nature, seen through the artist’s splendid scenery with
eyes, but is also based on reality, reflecting a sense of human the galloping horses! ௩ᙘʦ͛dۃ˰dذ̺d92 Ò 130 cmd2019 ϋ
sentiment. The people who reside in this poetic world, beyond Ъd2023 ϋྗᅃ࠰ಥ݆֙שርϓʹᄆ 204,000 ʩಥ࿆
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