DAVID DIAO (DIAO DEQIAN, USA/CHINA, B.1943)
DAVID DIAO (DIAO DEQIAN, USA/CHINA, B.1943)

Little Suprematist Prison #24

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DAVID DIAO (DIAO DEQIAN, USA/CHINA, B.1943)
Little Suprematist Prison #24
acrylic on canvas
46 x 71.5 cm. (18 x 28 1/8 in.)
Painted in 1986
Provenance
Anon. Sale, Christie's Taipei, 25 October 1998, Lot 67
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Lot Essay

With reference to the 1915 suprematism manifesto by Kazimir Malevich (1878-1935), David Diao focuses on the use of colours and puts emphasis on geometric shapes such as circles, rectangular shapes and lines. Diao also plays with the title while transforming art history into a generic visual experience, and giving narrative meaning to vacant abstractness.

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