Yuyu YANG (YANG Ying-feng), The Haunted Axe Works Miraculously @ Ravenel Autumn Auction 2007, Lot 187

EXHIBITED:

Sculpture of the Time and Space of East and West  Yang Ying-Feng, Hong Kong Science and Technology University Library Gallery, Hong Kong, 1998

Exhibition of Yuyu Yang's Art from 1961 to 1977, National Museum of History, Taipei, 2000

ILLUSTRATED:

Exhibition of Yuyu Yang's Art from 1961 to 1977, National Museum of History, Taipei, 2000, color illustrated, pp. 148-149

Sculpturing Time and Space - Yuyu Yang (1926-1997), Hsiung Shih Publishers, Taipei, 2004, color illustrated, p. 142

Yuyu Yang Corpus, Vol. 1, Artist's Publishers, Taipei, 2005, olor illustrated, p. 271

The sculpture is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Yuyu Yang Museum, Taipei.

Catalogue Note:

This piece was completed in 1976 and belongs to the "Landscape Series." In 1995 an enlarged version was placed in Miaoli National Golf Course. Yuyu Yang went to Hualien in 1967 to take the position of consultant at the Rongmin Marble Factory, and during this time, was deeply moved by the magnificent terrain of the east coast. It inspired him to start his "Landscape Series." The magnificence of nature's power often inspired him, especially the vast power of the mountain landscape, filled with the spirit from the first day of creation. This piece was made in the period when Yuyu Yang experienced the amazing power of the mountains of the Taroko region, especially the vigor of the cliff sides, which he could only describe in "The Haunted Axe Works Miraculously." This elongation makes up the main shape, with an effect similar to a landscape painting's choppy strokes on the front. The sides are decorated with Chinese traditional cloud lines. It is Mr. Yang's creative method used in the "Landscape Series," similar to "Correct Breath," "Building Mountain Movement," and "Silk Sleeves."