CHRISTINE AY TJOE (B. 1973)
CHRISTINE AY TJOE (B. 1973)
CHRISTINE AY TJOE (B. 1973)
CHRISTINE AY TJOE (B. 1973)
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CHRISTINE AY TJOE (B. 1973)

The Flying Balloon

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CHRISTINE AY TJOE (B. 1973)
The Flying Balloon
signed and dated ‘Christine 13’ (lower right); signed, titled, inscribed and dated ‘ay tjoe Christine “the Flying Balloon” 200 x 170 cm oil on canvas 2013’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
170 x 200 cm. (67 x 78 3⁄4 in.)
Painted in 2013
Provenance
Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Private collection, Asia
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 July 2020, lot 1067
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Literature
Myriad of "paste": Ay Tjoe Christine, exh. cat., Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2013 (illustrated, n.p.).
Serenella C. (ed.), Prudential Eye Awards Contemporary Asian Art, exh. cat., Skira, Milan, 2015 (illustrated, p. 51).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Ota Fine Arts, Myriad of "paste", September – November 2013.
Singapore, ArtScience Museum, Prudential Eye Awards Exhibition, January - March 2015.

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Lot Essay

“At a glance, it seems that the numerous objects such as animals, insects, children's toys, screws, balloon, and the familiar smiling emoticons used in social media occupy the picture surface in a chaotic manner. However, the colourful layers and lines of strong strokes are unfailingly those of Ay Tjoe. Her 'paste' reveals her process of layered painting with its technique of repeating a myriad of coloured layers and lines…It could be said that Ay Tjoe's everyday life of constantly stimulating her child's interest has taken on the form of art works depicting everything she sees on a picture surface. Here, the word 'paste' could also represent Ay Tjoe's intense and joyful life with her baby, replacing the inorganic copy/move command on the computer screen.”
Extract from Ota Fine Arts exhibition ‘Myriad of “Paste”’, 2013.

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