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Jiang Ji'An
Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 RMB
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Description
- Jiang Ji'an
- Scroll
- executed in 2013
- mixed media on board
inscribed JJA2013.5 and signed in Chinese, framed
Provenance
Private Chinese Collection
Condition
Overall in good condition. Painting is composed of mixed media mounted on board. scroll image: 53 by 85 cm.; 20 5/8 by 33 ½ in. charred silk sticks: 53 by 6 cm.; 20 5/8 by 2 3/8 in. each
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Jiang Ji'an was born in Yantai, Shandong province, in 1967. In 1987 he graduated from the fine arts department of Shandong Normal University with a major in traditional Chinese painting. In 1992, he earned a master's degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He presently resides in Beijing.
Jiang Ji'an came to prominence in the Chinese contemporary art scene with the creation of his Two Rooms series in 2007-2009. The unforgettable installation used light and shadow to transform an ordinary apartment interior into a scene of reality mixed with illusion. These interiors paintings are the extension of Jiang's earlier practice of gongbi painting on silk, in which he often uses realistic depictions of objects with mixed media to express his distinctive artistic ideas.
Scroll is part of Jiang's ready-made painting series, and he considers this present work as a self-portrait of a hanging silk scroll. The white silk provides both parts of the medium: the canvas and the paint. The artist has devised his own method of charring the silk to produce a kind of pigment. In addition, the silk is the content of the painting as both an image of a hanging silk scroll and two sculpted sticks formed from the residue of the charred pigment process. Thus white silk is used throughout Jiang's painting process, completing a self-enclosed cycle. By rearranging the conventional relationships between canvas, paint, and image, the artist constructs a painting with a unique methodology and appearance. Scroll itself depicts the traditional form of Chinese ink wash painting; in its creation, Jiang Ji'an utilises his own highly contemporary sensibility to engage tradition in dialogue with the present.
Jiang Ji'an came to prominence in the Chinese contemporary art scene with the creation of his Two Rooms series in 2007-2009. The unforgettable installation used light and shadow to transform an ordinary apartment interior into a scene of reality mixed with illusion. These interiors paintings are the extension of Jiang's earlier practice of gongbi painting on silk, in which he often uses realistic depictions of objects with mixed media to express his distinctive artistic ideas.
Scroll is part of Jiang's ready-made painting series, and he considers this present work as a self-portrait of a hanging silk scroll. The white silk provides both parts of the medium: the canvas and the paint. The artist has devised his own method of charring the silk to produce a kind of pigment. In addition, the silk is the content of the painting as both an image of a hanging silk scroll and two sculpted sticks formed from the residue of the charred pigment process. Thus white silk is used throughout Jiang's painting process, completing a self-enclosed cycle. By rearranging the conventional relationships between canvas, paint, and image, the artist constructs a painting with a unique methodology and appearance. Scroll itself depicts the traditional form of Chinese ink wash painting; in its creation, Jiang Ji'an utilises his own highly contemporary sensibility to engage tradition in dialogue with the present.