Bruce Lee

2007

Oil on canvas

164 x 114 cm

Signed lower right HUANG MINGCHUN in English, Fish in Chinese, dated '07

Estimate
350,000 - 450,000
85,000 - 110,000
10,900 - 14,100
Sold Price
413,000
95,381
12,314

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2008 Taipei

318

HUANG Min-jun (Taiwanese, b. 1971)

Bruce Lee


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Catalogue Note:

For years Huang Mingchun has been working on the colors of light and tried to apply his discovery on painting. He found green, red and yellow are the main color components of light, while blue is not essential in the composing of light and can be created on the canvas by mixing green and red (sometimes with yellow or white) instead of using blue pigment directly. The resulting blue is more vivid and closer to what we see in nature.

Huang Mingchu's 'Kung Fu' series relects the power contest between nations in a broader view. Back in the 1970's, Bruce Lee won hearts from both Eastern and Western audiences through his kung fu movies. The apotheosized Bruce Lee and his kung fu became one of the most impressive images of Chinese culture ever since. In "One on One", the artist takes kung fu as a metaphor of the Chinese community. Huang Mingchun used his distinct color system and swift brush strokes to present Bruce Lee engaging in a ight. Bruce Lee's body and eyes show his calmness, while his hands and arms are moving so fast that we can hardly tell the move. With unexpected and swift kung fu gestures, the painting implies that the Chinese community will become more inluential in the world in a way that we have never known.


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