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Yan Pei-Ming — Pope Innocent X no. 4
Yan Pei-Ming

Pope Innocent X no. 4

A monumental oil painting by Yan Pei-Ming that reinterprets Velázquez's iconic portrait of Pope Innocent X through the artist's signature gestural and expressive brushwork. The figure emerges from a turbulent, heavily worked surface of smoldering reds and blacks, rendering the papal subject with raw, almost violent energy. Ming's bold, fluid strokes dissolve the traditional authority of the source image, transforming it into a meditation on power, memory, and the act of painting itself.

Medium
oil on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

June 28, 2016

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Yan Pei-Ming, Pope Innocent X no. 4

A monumental oil painting by Yan Pei-Ming that reinterprets Velázquez's iconic portrait of Pope Innocent X through the artist's signature gestural and expressive brushwork. The figure emerges from a turbulent, heavily worked surface of smoldering reds and blacks, rendering the papal subject with raw, almost violent energy. Ming's bold, fluid strokes dissolve the traditional authority of the source image, transforming it into a meditation on power, memory, and the act of painting itself.

Medium
oil on canvas
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Monumental, Figure, Expressionistic, Dark Tones, Religious, Pope, Portrait, Chinese, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary

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