Lot 237
  • 237

Ma Liuming

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 HKD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ma Liuming
  • Fen-Ma Liuming Walks the Great Wall
  • signed in Chinese, dated 1998 and numbered 3/20
  • gelatin silver print

Exhibited

alternate edition exhibited:
France, Paris, Espace Cardin, Paris-Pékin, 2002, p. 146
France, Angers, L' Abbaye du Ronceray and Angers Museum, Propaganda, de Mao à Coca-Cola, 2003, p. 32
France, Beziers, Espace Culturel Paul Riquet, Et Moi, Et Moi Et Moi... Portraits Chinois, 2004, p. 37
USA, New York, International Center of Photography and Asia Society (and 5 other locations in Europe and America), Between Past and Future. New Photography and Video from China, 2004 - 2006, p. 64
Italy, Milan, Sapzio Oberdan, Cina: Prospettive D'Arte Contemporanea, June - October, 2005, pp. 40 - 41

Literature

Ma Liuming, Chinese Contemporary Gallery, London, 2000, cover, back cover, pp. 18-19, and 24-27
China Contemporary Art, Museu de Arte Brasileira, 2002, pp. 216-217
Christine Buci-Glucksmann ed., Modernités Chinoises, Skira Editore,
Milan, Italy, 2003, p. 54
Out of the Red - The New Emerging Generation of Chinese Photographers, Damiani Editore, Bologna, Italy, 2004, pp. 120-121
Julia Colman, Critical Mass, Chinese Contemporary, London, UK, 2004, p. 44
Thomas J. Berghuis, Performance Art in China, Timezone 8, Hong Kong, 2006, p. 31
China Art Book: The 80 Most Renowned Chinese Artists, Dumont Buchverlag, Köln, Germany, 2007, p. 269
Richard Vine, New China New Art, Prestel Publishing,  New York, USA, 2008, p. 80
Claudia Albertini, Avatars and Antiheroes: A Guide to Contemporary Chinese Artists, Kodansha International, Tokyo, Japan, 2008, pp. 86-87
Melissa Chiu, Chinese Contemporary Art: 7 Things You Should Know, AW Asia, New York, USA, 2008, pp. 54-55

Condition

This work is generally in good condition. There are occasional fingerprints to the extreme edges of the surface. Please note that the frame comes without a Plexiglas cover.
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