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Twenty Chinese Artists are Watching artelino with Excitement
Twenty Chinese artists, many of their friends, several art agents and helpers in different provinces of China, and the staff of artelino is awaiting artelino's first Grand Auction of contemporary Chinese paintings, Feb 12-19, 2012, with great eagerness, curiosity and expectations.
Feb 12, 2012, 2:00 AM
It is finally done. The largest project every launched by artelino since its foundation in 2001, is entering into its final and decisive phase, the auction itself, running Feb 12-19, 2012. Will it be a success? Many helpers in China, myself here in beautiful Bavaria, Yorie, my helpers, and last but not least the 20 participating artists have worked hard, very hard since last November, 2011.
Preparations since Autumn 2011
The initiative for this auction came form one artist in China. We had cooperated with him before for many years in the field of Chinese printmaking.
Many weeks of discussions followed. And finally it was about finding and selecting the 'right' artists for this first auction.
The Artists
Out came 42 great paintings, all painted in oil on canvas, by 20 artists from different places and provinces in China. Most of them are young, nearly all of them do already have an exhibition record, some have even exhibited outside China and some are even a bit famous. But nonetheless, the reserves are from $1,500 until $7,500, overall very inexpensive in comparison to international art market prices or galleries in China.
Here are the 20 artists with links to their biographies, resumes.
- Cai Shuxin - born 1976
- Chen Muchun - born 1967
- Du Baoyin - born 1963
- Gao Yuanhoa - born 1954
- Lak Shanhong - born 1973
- Lee Da - born 1965
- Liu Kinwah - born 1962
- Mee Wong - born 1981
- Poon Shu - born 1987
- Shi Leung
- Si Riufeng - born 1986
- Sun Jinfang - born 1981
- Wang Ka - born 1979
- Wang Jing - born 1982
- Wang Jianjun - born 1964
- Yang Wengping
- Zhang Yuping - born 1964
- Zhang Liufeng - born 1979
- Zheng Jianhui - born 1983
- Zhong Yao - born 1967
What artelino Clients Should Know
Clients of artelino who know us from our regular auctions in Japanese prints should know that there are a few minor things different for this Chinese paintings auction.
In a nutshell:
- No 'Hold' option, and we cannot ship your Chinese painting(s) in one shipment with Japanese prints.
- No early bird bonus for this auction.
- The paintings are in China at auction start. Immediately after auction end all purchased lots are sent to us. We inspect the paintings with the necessary care and ship to you.
- For this auction we use DHL Express instead the National Postal Service. DHL Express should take 2-3 business days from Germany to the USA, for instance.
For more details, please read Grand Auction of Contemporary Chinese Paintings, Feb 14-19, 2012
More to Read
I wrote an Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Art and the situation of the art market in China in 2011/2012.
Some of the participating artists live and work in Songzhuang artist village. Read about Songzhuang Artist Village.
Ticket to China?
I hope this auction will make many of my clients and last but not least a few Chinese artists happy. And if everybody is happy, I will go on a journey to China. It is time for me to get to know many Chinese artists in person, and to discover many more great talents and enjoy great, unique art works on the spot - for you, and for myself of course. By the way, after the financial crisis I have started to collect contemporary Chinese art paintings myself.
3:00 AM in the morning. I am feeling like in the song of the '19th Nervous Breakdown' by the Rolling Stones. I am trying to relax and get some sleep with Johann Sebastian Bach's concertos for 2 harpsichords, and a glass of red wine. I am dreaming of a 12 hours flight to Beijing and of exciting days in China.
Dieter Wanczura, February 12, 2012.
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