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94 喻紅 b.1966 Yu Hong

ɾ܀eߎ܀Յe޶ʿ޶ €ɓଡ଼̬΁ Girl; Red Boy; Look; Look (set of four pieces)
५ᔌᕙࣘ ዓই കၦ Fabric paint, resin, silk
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ɚ㖼㖼ɖϋЪ 37.5 × 46.5 cm. 14 /4 × 18 /4 in. (A);
37.5 × 46.8 cm. 14 /4 × 18 /8 in. (B);
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Yu Hong 2007 (A, B, C ̛ɨ ) 37 × 46.5 cm. 14 /8 × 18 /4 in. (C);
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Yu Hong 2007 (D ̸ɨ ) 37.3 × 46.5 cm. 14 /4 × 18 /4 in. (D)
Painted in 2007
Ը๕ Signed in pinyin, dated and on bottom right of A, B,
̨̏༐ۜ೥఼ and C, and bottom left of D
ତԭݲӷɛᔛ࢕ٜટᒅІɪࠑԸ๕ PROVENANCE
Eslite Gallery, Taipei
HKD 50,000 – 100,000 Acquired directly by present private Asian collector
USD 6,400 – 12,800 from the above

encompassing the artist’s most classic themes of Girl and unknown. In the other two works in this collection titled Look,
Look. It is a sister piece to the monumental eight-panel work two children hold telescopes, concentrating their gaze. The
Look created in 2006, with each character in the paintings black hair, telescopes, and clothing create a strong colour
corresponding to another. The compositions are simple and contrast with their orange-yellow skin. The main characters
clear, with a hazy atmosphere. The characters are placed in the in the paintings carefully observe the world through the lens,
centre of the frames, as if freezing a moment in a photograph. even though their expressions do not reveal emotions, viewers
can still sense their dedication, persistence, and longing. It also
Yu Hong rarely outlines contours with lines. Instead, her creates an interesting
narrative style lies in the accumulation of brushstrokes and interac tion where
pigments. In the portrait Girl among the featured works, the the observers in the
artist skilfully uses contrasting colour blocks of dark hair, painting “examine” the
fair skin, rosy cheeks, and red lips to create a play of light viewers, connecting
and shadow. The characters have innocent gazes, reserved the characters and
personalities, and a blend of softness and strength. In Red the audienc e, the
Boy, the artist uses similar colour blocks to portray depth in virtual and the real, the
the facial features and voluminous hair, contrasting them with present and the future.
a bright lower face. The smiling, vibrant expressions of both Yu Hong c apture s
characters, epitomize the inner freedom of Chinese women in seemingly insignificant
the 21st century.
moments in life with
Looking Forward to the Future, Embracing the her unique painting
Possibilities of the Unknown language, freezing
In addition to the girl figures, the “telescope” is also an ordinary people and
important element in Yu Hong’s works. This toy became narrating real life in the
popular in China after the millennium. It symbolizes progress grand history. ఏߎఏߎɤ๋‘d४੹e˥੹eॷ͉e޴˪d86 Ò 68 cmd
in the era, curiosity about the distance, and a peek into the 2002 ϋЪdשርϓʹᄆ 152,500 ʩಥ࿆

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