Lot 239
Floating Love
Walasse TING (Chinese-American, 1929 - 2010)
1973
Acrylic on canvas
180 x 242 cm
Estimate
TWD 3,400,000-4,600,000
HKD 926,000-1,253,000
USD 119,200-161,200
CNY 785,000-1,062,000
Sold Price
TWD 3,840,000
HKD 1,066,667
USD 137,143
CNY 886,836
Signature
Signed on the reverse Ting, titled Floating Love in English and dated 1973
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, America
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, America
+ OVERVIEW
This large-scale oil painting “Floating Love” was created in 1973, on top of its bright yellow background, there are splashes of colors such as pastel pink, sky blue, green and orange. The picture is composed in the harmonic orchestra of spring season, full of vitality and embracing with the joy of life. The artist's red hot emotional expressions, as well as the unrestrained and invigorating brushstrokes are clearly visible in this painting. The texture though is casual but rather concrete simultaneously, the viewer cannot help but think of his avant-garde group CoBrA. He skillfully applied the splashing and dripping techniques, which are noticeably seen in American abstract expressionism, the rich and colorful paints then overflow the entire picture and finally masterfully reach the delicate balance to radiantly occupy in the end. It is not difficult to see that his response echoed and transformed Jackson Pollock's drawing method, he was also influenced by the “Pop Art”, where the composition of the painting is left empty with blank space, just the flat surface backdrop. Understandably while absorbing the nourishment of western art, he is also trying to create and establish his unique yet turbulent artistic language.
In the same year the artist made this painting, he held a joint exhibition with Sam Francis and Joan Mitchell and propositioned as “Fresh Air School” at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, USA. This school takes the beauty of all things in nature as an endless source of inspiration, and emphasizes the randomness of creation, which all come from the artist's personal emotional and psychological characteristics. The thriving lakes and mountains are all turned into colors, driven by primitive desires and pouring out, revealing the united nature and paint two become one. Those splendid stipplings merge together to create a sense of time and space, the light perception, shape, line and energy expressed by the extremely immersive oil paint, which undoubtedly are the most representative painting vocabulary of the artist. This painting exhibits the passion and ecstasy in life, with colorful flowers always in full bloom. He brings out a distinctive visual experience of the moment, witnessing his wide range and multi-angle dimensions. His moment is ever immortalized on the canvas, reminding viewers of his philosophy of living in the present and facing oneself with honest and sincere.
In the same year the artist made this painting, he held a joint exhibition with Sam Francis and Joan Mitchell and propositioned as “Fresh Air School” at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, USA. This school takes the beauty of all things in nature as an endless source of inspiration, and emphasizes the randomness of creation, which all come from the artist's personal emotional and psychological characteristics. The thriving lakes and mountains are all turned into colors, driven by primitive desires and pouring out, revealing the united nature and paint two become one. Those splendid stipplings merge together to create a sense of time and space, the light perception, shape, line and energy expressed by the extremely immersive oil paint, which undoubtedly are the most representative painting vocabulary of the artist. This painting exhibits the passion and ecstasy in life, with colorful flowers always in full bloom. He brings out a distinctive visual experience of the moment, witnessing his wide range and multi-angle dimensions. His moment is ever immortalized on the canvas, reminding viewers of his philosophy of living in the present and facing oneself with honest and sincere.
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