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Private collection, The Netherlands
Christie's Sale, Paris
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Private collection, The Netherlands
Christie's Sale, Paris
Private collection, Asia
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Suddenly Spring Again
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1988 Acrylic and crayon on canvas 70 x 100 cm Signed on the reverse Ting, titled Suddenly Spring again, inscribed Amsterdam and dated 8 December, 1988 |
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Estimate
850,000 - 1,300,000 3,571,000 - 5,462,000 109,500 - 167,500
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Sold Price
960,000 4,016,736 123,552
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Catalogue Note:
SUDDENLY SPRING AGAIN
WALASSE TING
Starting from the 1970s, Walasse Ting’s creative style veered from his earlier monochromes to scenes filled with flourishing colors of bright purple and red. The inspiration and source of his creativity revolved around the most important theme of his life – women. This distinguishing feature formed in the years that followed and reached its zenith in the 1980s to gradually become the artist’s emblem and his legacy. The soft and delicate women and flowers in this piece signify the beauty of life and youth. Time and time again, in his later canvas works, it is possible to see the rapid flow of his brush and the reversals of colors that are swift like the waves. The passage of time only added sophistication to his work as the rich colors fell onto the canvas, filling the gaze of the viewer with intense brilliance. Walasse Ting’s world seems to require no changes of the seasons except for an accumulation of spring in all her glory. The artist himself is also akin to a marvelous flower that leaves each viewer in absolute awe.
Artists have a way of romanticizing everything, from colorful parrots and flowers to fishes swimming in the water, as though they are wandering in a garden of bliss. This piece fully expresses the essence of the arrival of spring through the swaying fluidity achieved by the acrylic paint, the striking lines of the oil crayons that convey the faces of the two beautiful ladies on a canvas of bright colors, and the rich but elegant hues that reveal the creaminess of the women’s skin. The woman on the right has half her face covered by the blue bird on her handheld fan, yet her wide, dreamy and shy eyes, together with the other woman who appears to be completely immersed in the lively spring, reveal two distinctive appreciations for the sudden appearance of spring.
As the artist’s daughter Mia Ting described in her essay, Walasse Ting’s creations give viewers a vibrant atmosphere that imposes interactions with life itself. She once explained that, Here are three gardens. In the first garden, the trees and flowers blossom and the spacious outdoors is full of life. Stepping over the threshold of lush green grass, you enter the second garden, which is full of exotic splendor and filled with flowers encompassing all the colors of the universe, blossoming throughout the seasons. The third garden, retained exclusively by the artist Walasse Ting, is where everything in the world follows his every command. Here in Ting’s Garden, the colors of life serve as support for all the prosperity humans encounter in this world, allowing the natural accumulation of flowers, fruits, lethargic cats and landscapes to decide their own place in life, while also allowing us to reassess the artist’s works of spring and beauty.
WALASSE TING
Starting from the 1970s, Walasse Ting’s creative style veered from his earlier monochromes to scenes filled with flourishing colors of bright purple and red. The inspiration and source of his creativity revolved around the most important theme of his life – women. This distinguishing feature formed in the years that followed and reached its zenith in the 1980s to gradually become the artist’s emblem and his legacy. The soft and delicate women and flowers in this piece signify the beauty of life and youth. Time and time again, in his later canvas works, it is possible to see the rapid flow of his brush and the reversals of colors that are swift like the waves. The passage of time only added sophistication to his work as the rich colors fell onto the canvas, filling the gaze of the viewer with intense brilliance. Walasse Ting’s world seems to require no changes of the seasons except for an accumulation of spring in all her glory. The artist himself is also akin to a marvelous flower that leaves each viewer in absolute awe.
Artists have a way of romanticizing everything, from colorful parrots and flowers to fishes swimming in the water, as though they are wandering in a garden of bliss. This piece fully expresses the essence of the arrival of spring through the swaying fluidity achieved by the acrylic paint, the striking lines of the oil crayons that convey the faces of the two beautiful ladies on a canvas of bright colors, and the rich but elegant hues that reveal the creaminess of the women’s skin. The woman on the right has half her face covered by the blue bird on her handheld fan, yet her wide, dreamy and shy eyes, together with the other woman who appears to be completely immersed in the lively spring, reveal two distinctive appreciations for the sudden appearance of spring.
As the artist’s daughter Mia Ting described in her essay, Walasse Ting’s creations give viewers a vibrant atmosphere that imposes interactions with life itself. She once explained that, Here are three gardens. In the first garden, the trees and flowers blossom and the spacious outdoors is full of life. Stepping over the threshold of lush green grass, you enter the second garden, which is full of exotic splendor and filled with flowers encompassing all the colors of the universe, blossoming throughout the seasons. The third garden, retained exclusively by the artist Walasse Ting, is where everything in the world follows his every command. Here in Ting’s Garden, the colors of life serve as support for all the prosperity humans encounter in this world, allowing the natural accumulation of flowers, fruits, lethargic cats and landscapes to decide their own place in life, while also allowing us to reassess the artist’s works of spring and beauty.