Lot  021 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2020

Ravenel Autumn Auction 2020

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Hiroyuki MATSUURA (Japanese, 1964)

2011

Acrylic on canvas

Diameter 110 cm

Estimate

TWD 550,000-850,000

HKD 146,000-226,000

USD 18,800-29,100

CNY 129,000-200,000

Sold Price


Signature

Signed reverse Hiroyuki Matsuura and dated 2011.1.21

PROVENANCE:
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo and Beijing
Sotheby's Hong Kong, October 5, 2015, lot 770

EXHIBITED:
Future Pass – From Asia to the World
Collateral Event of the 54th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, Abbazia di San Gregorio, Venice, June 4 - November 27, 2011

ILLUSTRATED:
Future Pass – From Asia to the World
Collateral Event of the 54th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, 2011, illustrated, pp. 222-223

+ OVERVIEW

Born in Tokyo, Japan, Matsuma started to work as a graphic designer for advertising, packaging, binding and logo design. Since 1999, the artist started to produce "Poster+Package+Skateboard" designs using "Character Illustration" themes and gained world renown. He began his own creations from a desire of "do in his own way absolutely". The dazzling and diverse shine and variety of visual styles come from the aesthetics driven by the animation and cartoons of the new century. He uses the “New Aesthetics of Comics and Animation” which grow with most people, and the natural techniques of a graphic designer to draw out "characters" in a fictitious kingdom one by one to create a pure and lovely world. In 2001, he gained recognition when he was awarded the Scout Prize at Takeshi Murakami’s GEIJUTSU-DOUJOU/GP at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
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Ravenel Autumn Auction 2020

Saturday, December 5, 2020, 3:30pm