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Galerie Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Private collection, France
Galerie Blom, Dordrecht, Netherlands
Private collection, France
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Paysage
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2003 Mixed media and oil on canvas 89 x 116 cm
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Estimate
220,000 - 340,000 57,000 - 87,000 7,300 - 11,300
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Sold Price
216,000 55,959 7,176
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Catalogue Note:
PAYSAGE
YANG DIN
Chinese-French artist Yang Din has resided in Paris since 1980. He has created many paintings of vast, serene landscapes through the use of simple, delicate brush strokes. He lives out his aesthetic lifestyle through travels, and has created boundless imaginary spaces inspired by memories. In the face of creative artworks such as these, the viewer often becomes enlightened as to the concept referred to by Eastern philosophers as “the sensory world is an illusion;” it is in this illusory void that myriad phenomena of the universe are embodied. At the same time, the scenic backdrops, created using uneven layers of pigment, transcend the material world and are elevated into a spiritual plane.
Throughout Yang’s body of works, the focus of an image is often a single subject--a bird, a house, or a tree, while the background is the vast and infinite cosmos that draws one into the realm of contemplation. But, one does not derive a sense of loneliness from the paintings; rather, the large areas of spaces left blank provide a greater sense of freedom from restraint. Even as viewers endeavor to seek out such a space of serenity and harmony, Yang has been known to say that, these sceneries exist only in my mind and cannot be found elsewhere. All of these realms are engendered from the beauty and sensibilities of his travel memories; following a period of condensation and stillness, harmony flows forth naturally into the depicted images.
In Paysage, the mottled and fading textures of the canvas signify the transience of fleeting time as well as the traces left behind by life experiences. The trees depicted by Yang Din are always refined and graceful, simple and well-proportioned. In a world abounding in clamor and conflict, all troubles fall away when in view of these trees of magnificent elegance. It is in these unhurried brush strokes and atmosphere of pure, unadulterated essence that the soothing charm of Yang Din can be fully experienced.
YANG DIN
Chinese-French artist Yang Din has resided in Paris since 1980. He has created many paintings of vast, serene landscapes through the use of simple, delicate brush strokes. He lives out his aesthetic lifestyle through travels, and has created boundless imaginary spaces inspired by memories. In the face of creative artworks such as these, the viewer often becomes enlightened as to the concept referred to by Eastern philosophers as “the sensory world is an illusion;” it is in this illusory void that myriad phenomena of the universe are embodied. At the same time, the scenic backdrops, created using uneven layers of pigment, transcend the material world and are elevated into a spiritual plane.
Throughout Yang’s body of works, the focus of an image is often a single subject--a bird, a house, or a tree, while the background is the vast and infinite cosmos that draws one into the realm of contemplation. But, one does not derive a sense of loneliness from the paintings; rather, the large areas of spaces left blank provide a greater sense of freedom from restraint. Even as viewers endeavor to seek out such a space of serenity and harmony, Yang has been known to say that, these sceneries exist only in my mind and cannot be found elsewhere. All of these realms are engendered from the beauty and sensibilities of his travel memories; following a period of condensation and stillness, harmony flows forth naturally into the depicted images.
In Paysage, the mottled and fading textures of the canvas signify the transience of fleeting time as well as the traces left behind by life experiences. The trees depicted by Yang Din are always refined and graceful, simple and well-proportioned. In a world abounding in clamor and conflict, all troubles fall away when in view of these trees of magnificent elegance. It is in these unhurried brush strokes and atmosphere of pure, unadulterated essence that the soothing charm of Yang Din can be fully experienced.