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Huang Rui — Yuanmingyuan (Two Works) 圓明園(兩幅作品)
Huang Rui

Yuanmingyuan (Two Works) 圓明園(兩幅作品)

1979

Huang Rui's 'Yuanmingyuan' (1979) is a two-part pencil drawing on paper exploring themes of cultural memory and historical landscape. The work references the famous Summer Palace and reflects on the complex relationship between artistic practice and political history in contemporary China.

Medium
pencil on paper

🔨 Auction Lot

New Wave Beyond Yuanmingyuan: An Important European Private Collection of Chinese Contemporary Art

October 6, 2022

Estimate: $80,000$120,000

Lot 669

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Huang Rui, Yuanmingyuan (Two Works) 圓明園(兩幅作品), 1979

Huang Rui's 'Yuanmingyuan' (1979) is a two-part pencil drawing on paper exploring themes of cultural memory and historical landscape. The work references the famous Summer Palace and reflects on the complex relationship between artistic practice and political history in contemporary China.

Medium
pencil on paper
Year
1979
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Monochrome, Architectural Ruins, Landscape, Melancholic, Post-War, Historical, Chinese, Figurative, Pencil On Paper, Contemporary

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