Oil on canvas

200 x 200 cm. 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in.

Signed in Chinese and in Pinyin “Hsiao”,titled “L’evoluzine cozmica - 7” and inscribed “Acrylic 200 x 200 cm” on the reverse
Literature：Guangdong Museum of Art,Guangzhou,China,Hsiao Chin 1954-2004,A Journey Back to the Source,2005. p. 100&101.
Exhibited：Guangdong Museum of Art,Guangzhou,China,Hsiao Chin 1954-2004,A Journey Back to the Source,August 26 - September 11 2005

Hsiao Chin
“To me,the most important aspect of painting is not the act of painting,but to understand the origin of life,to record the life experience and my own reflections,and to inspire the prospect of one's life. ”
－Hsiao Chin
Hsiao Chin was born to father Hsiao Yu-mei,who was a pioneer in modern Chinese music and the founder of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Faced by the unfortunate loss of his parents and daughter,he was urged to investigate the meaning of life and turn to a new chapter of life through art. By the end of 1955,his peers and he co-founded the Chinese abstract art group in Taipei,the Ton-Fan Art Group. He received a scholarship in the following year to study in Spain. “I do not paint ‘Zen’,but observe the flow and evolution of cosmic life through the lens of ‘Zen’” was the artist’s attitude towards his art. The Hsiao style embodies the boundless universe with simple colours,basic geometric shapes,simplifying the complex in a zen manner.
The intensity of red,white and blue in The Revelation of Mind,1996,are redolent of the use of the three colours on the Madonna in Classicism. Thin streaks of orange and yellow against the vast red background resemble undefined sounds in the vast universe. The white stripe between the red and the blue is similar to the Milky Way,sprinkled with thousands of stars. The splash of blue reminds one of a refreshing stream and a different expansion of space. Similar to Infinity and Surpassing Infinity series from the 90s,this piece was a self-therapeutic practice for the artist himself,who lost his beloved daughter,and an inquiry into life and the planets.
The Cosmic Evolution series created around 2000 externalize Hsiao’s inner perception of the vast universe with vortices that continue to emit energy and Chi. The irregular periphery of the concentric circles in Cosmic Evolution-7 resembles nebula. The visual effects have given the center a great depth and the plane a clockwork motion,thus creating a sense of three-dimensional dynamicity. With a harmonious symmetric composition and gradations of colors,the artist has built an infinite cosmic space within a limited-size canvas,playing with its intangibility and exploring the changes of the universe.

Price estimate:
HKD：500,000 - 600,000
USD：64,500 - 77,400

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