[Press Release]
The ARRÊT SUR IMAGES auction is a charity auction (exhibition 3-7 December 2016 in Paris,www.auctioneve.com)) to support a Chinese contemporary artist prize and residency.
EVE AUCTIONS (www.auctioneve.com) and the FDCA (The Foundation for the Development of Contemporary Art) are organizing together the auction of an important collection of contemporary photographs from the 90s and 2000s generation of Chinese artists such as Cang Xin, Rong Rong, Dai Guangyu, Zhen Guogu, He Yunchang, He An, Hong Lei, Han Bing, etc…from the collection of the late Bertrand Cheuvreux, a passionate art collector and founder of a Spanish gallery devoted to Chinese contemporary art. Bertrand Cheuvreux invited performance artists from the East Village to Spain to imagine groundbreaking performances such as “Casting” by He Yunchang or “Trampling Faces” by Cang Xin.
The interactive and printed catalogue will be available as of mid November.
The auction will take place in the heart of Paris, in a well-known historical monument on 7 December 2016 at the l’Hôtel de l’Industrie, 4, Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, 75006. It also includes works by big naeme Chinese artists such as Zao Wouki, Mao Xuhui, Wang Guangyi and Wang Keping.
The goal of the FDCA Prize is to bridge the gap between East and West, bringing a Chinese artist to the Loire valley and allowing him/her to enter into a dialogue with the historical past and the present in Europe, as well as bringing his/her unique vision to bear upon the French reality.
CANG Xin (1967- ) Introject series, Tiananmen performance, 2004 C-print on DIASEC, titled _Beijing_, dated _2004_, numbered _1_10_ and signed on the left in pinyin _ chinese characters, 3 500 _ 5 000 euros
RONG RONG, 12 Square Meters, East Village, 1994, photography, signed in pinyin _ chinese characters lower right hand corner, entitled _East Village_ and numbered _6_10_, 8 000 _ 10 000 Ôé¼
AI Weiwei, Fairytale Chairs (D-061), 2007, Chaise en bois, dynastie Qing, approx 103 x 53 x 42 cm
CANG Xin, Man and sky series, C-print, 120 x 80 cm, 3 500_ 5 000 euros
JU Ming Lining up, Living World series, 2002, resin sculpture, 70 x 18.5 x 18.6 cm, 12 000 _ 15 000 euros
LUO brothers, Welcome to the World Most Famous Brands, colored ink, 53 x 101 cm, 5 000 _ 8 000 euros
ZHENG Guogu, Taiyang Richang, 1998, handpainted black _ white print, titled in Chinese characters on the left, dated, signed and numbered 6_10 on the right, 95 x 60 cm edition of 10, 3 500 _ 3 000 euros
