LI CHEN (Chinese, B. 1963)

Siddhartha

Details

LI CHEN (Chinese, B. 1963)
Siddhartha

signed in Chinese; signed and numbered 'Li Chen 5/8' (at the back of the work); dated '2000' (near the left foot)
bronze sculpture
86.5 x 53 x 47 cm. (34 x 20 7/8 x 18 1/2 in.)
edition 5/8
Executed in 2000

Provenance

Goedhuis Contemporary, New York, USA
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005
Private collection, France
The work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity

Literature

Asia Art Center, Li Chen Sculpture 1992-2002, Taipei, Taiwan, 2004 (different sized version illustrated, pp. 58-59).
Asia Art Center, Li Chen: Energy of Emptiness 52nd Venice Biennale, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007 (different sized version illustrated, pp. 82-83).
Singapore Art Museum, Li Chen : Mind · Body · Spirit, Li Chen Solo Exhibition at Singapore Art Museum, 2009 (illustrated, pp. 78-79).
Asia Art Center, Greatness of Spirit: Li Chen Premiere Sculpture Exhibition in Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan, 2012 (illustrated, p. 147).

Exhibited

Venice, Italy, Li Chen in 52nd Venice Biennale - Energy of Emptiness, 6 June-21 November 2007 (different sized version exhibited).
Singapore, Singapore Art Museum, Li Chen: Mind · Body · Spirit, 17 September-9 December 2009.

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Lot Essay

Siddhartha Gautama is the founder of Buddhism, who blesses and protects the pure in heart. Also known as Sakyamuni, he is an embodiment of love, purity and sincere honesty. The figure of Siddhartha (Lot 131) assumes a sitting position, holding a child and a stalk of lotus in hand. According to Li Chen, the child in Siddhartha's hand represents the self in every viewer. After all, everyone used to be a child.

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