Acrylic on canvas

200×200 cm. 78 3/4×78 3/4 in.

Signed in English and Chinese, titled in Italian and Chinese on the reverse
PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Asia
2 Oct 2018, China Guardian Hong Kong Autumn Auction, Lot 87
Acquired directly by present important private Asian collector from the above

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Hsiao Chin International Foundation of Fine Arts and signed by the artist

Universe Is My Mind
Hsiao Chin's Artistic Grandeur

Born in Shanghai in 1935 to a family of musicians, Hsiao Chin has lived in Taiwan, Italy and the United States for over half a century. As a renowned artist exhibited alongside Lucio Fontana, Hsiao Chin founded the avant-garde art groups Ton Fan Art Group and International Punto Art Movement. The energy of the universe and the deep philosophical concepts of the East have become the source of inspiration for his creations. Over the past decades, he endeavoured to meld the spirit, philosophy and self-concept of the East into the language of his abstract paintings. In his creations, he demonstrated the tension and balance of "duality" such as emptiness and reality, yin and yang, as well as the ultimate idea of the unity of the heavens and mankind. Hsiao Chin made great contributions to the development of modern abstract art in China. His works have been collected by more than 50 public and private art organisations around the world, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, and the M+ Art Museum, Hong Kong.

The Power to Warm the Heart

Since the 1970s, Hsiao Chin has created his classic Chan, Qi, and Beyond the Great Threshold series, and after the millennium, he created the bright and colourful Love of the Universe series. The work Cuore di Amore Universale—12 for this auction is a representative example. In this work, a symbol of love is outlined in powerful white outlines, filled with layers of yellow colours, which are as dazzling as the sun, and gradually spreading outwards into gradual layers of orange-red at its centre. Just like the warm sunshine that shines on the whole earth, emitting the energy of life that is full of solidity. Through the dynamic brushstrokes and texture of the overlapping, Hsiao Chin creates an ingenious tremor effect for the form, which is similar to that of the vibration of the sonic wave magnetic field, or spiritual light. This is like the vibration of sound waves or magnetic fields or the fluctuation of spiritual light. The two nebulae in the background, facing each other up and down, add to the liveliness of the painting. The passionate colours and brushstrokes loudly proclaim to the world the passionate love of life and give a big hug to everything in the universe!

Price estimate:
HKD 300,000 – 400,000
USD 38,500 – 51,300

Auction Result:
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