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Huang Yan (Chinese, b.1966)
LOT ID: 69474
Pinaster Landscape Diptych, 2007

Chromogenic Print (C-print)
59 х 47.25 in. cm.
Signed, and mounted.
Edition of 8
Lot description
"Pinaster Landscape Diptych" (2007). Note: both photographs in this lot are a formal pair, and are mounted, unframed and are in excellent condition. In 1999, Huang Yan began a series of color photographs entitled "Chinese Landscapes" – traditional images and landscapes painted directly on the skin of a human body. Yan’s artworks encapsulate a synthesis of Chinese traditional heritage and the contemporary world. The human body and skin itself becomes the canvas as Huang Yan paints, leading us to question whether the subject of his work is the body or the painting. Is it a painted body, or a landscape, or both?

Huang Yan (b. 1966, China) is a major figure in Chinese Contemporary art. His signature technique, the photography of the painting of the human body (frequently his own) with traditional Chinese landscapes and allegorical scenes, has made its mark on world photography and painting for over the past decade. His works are in the top Museum and Private Collections spanning from Asia, Europe, the U.K and has been the subject of important solo and group shows, including: 100 International Artists at the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum, 2005, Italy; Between the Past and the Future at the International Center of Photography, 2004, NYC; Guangzhou Triennial Exhibition at the Guangdong Museum of Art, 2002; 1st Chinese Art Triennial, Guangzhou Art Museum, 2002; Canton Triennial, Canton Museum of Fine Arts, 2002, China; The Turn of the Century: Exhibition of Chinese Art 1979-1999, Chengdu Museum of Modern Art, 1999, China; The East is Red, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1999, London UK. Huang Yan graduated from the Changchun Normal Academy, China in 1987. The artist lives and works in Beijing, China
Pinaster Landscape Diptych by Huang Yan
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