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Yan Pei-Ming — Invisible Buddha
Yan Pei-Ming

Invisible Buddha

1999

A monumental figure emerges from turbulent, gestural brushwork, rendered in Ming's signature limited palette of grays, blacks, and whites. The Buddha form dissolves into the paint itself, simultaneously present and absent, as thick, expressive strokes both construct and obscure the sacred image. Ming's visceral painting technique transforms the spiritual icon into a meditation on visibility, faith, and the limits of representation.

Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
Signed
Yes

Notes

Execution: Painted in 1999.

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Art: Evening & Day Sale

June 27, 2002

Estimate: $70,000$100,000

Lot 102

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Yan Pei-Ming, Invisible Buddha, 1999

A monumental figure emerges from turbulent, gestural brushwork, rendered in Ming's signature limited palette of grays, blacks, and whites. The Buddha form dissolves into the paint itself, simultaneously present and absent, as thick, expressive strokes both construct and obscure the sacred image. Ming's visceral painting technique transforms the spiritual icon into a meditation on visibility, faith, and the limits of representation.

Medium
oil on linen
Dimensions
235 x 200 cm
Year
1999
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Figurative Painting, Contemporary Painter, Male Artist, Gestural Brushwork, Large Format, Oil On Linen, Monochromatic Palette, Chinese-French Artist, Neo-Expressionism, Somber Mood, Buddhist Iconography

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