24th Feb, 2022 14:00

Urban & Contemporary Art
 
Lot 185
 

YANG CHI HUNG (AMERICAN / TAIWANESE B.1947)

Property from a Private Collection, Hong Kong

YANG CHI HUNG (AMERICAN / TAIWANESE B.1947)

Skull and shell, diptych
1987
charcoal and acrylic on paper
each sheet: 76 x 57 cm
framed

This work depicts a key shift in Chihung's oeuvre, just before he made the move to abstraction. In this work, you can see elements of abstraction, where the work becomes more emotive and less defined, whilst sections such as the skull and the shell still very much remain discernable. The concept and style of abstract expressionism as represented by the works of Jackson Pollock in the 1950s had great impact on Yang’s work. With the sense of nihilism that gave rise to abstract expressionism in the post-war period, artists no longer clamored to depict the external environment, but rather chose to focus on their own inner experience. Yang Chihung embraced this spirit about the early 1990s when his style turned abstract.

Yang Chihung was born in 1947 in Taiwan. After graduating from the National Academy of Art, he emigrated to the United States of America in 1979. Yang is the first artist of Chinese descent to be awarded a fellowship at the P.S.1 National Studio Program. His pioneering works soon landed him the “Outstanding Asian-American Artist” award.

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