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M+ Sigg Collection, Hong Kong, © Yuan Jia
Yuan Jia 袁加
Fish 魚
1978
This oil painting depicts four fish suspended by hooks on a rod, against a background of netting. Loose brushstrokes mixing grey, ochre, and blue paint give the work a sense of dynamism. Yuan Jia’s still life, which was painted two years after the end of the Cultural Revolution—a period when official art served political aims—demonstrates the development of an art that challenged the convention of realistically portraying idealised subjects. The painting’s expressionistic quality reveals the influence of Western styles, and the depiction of the net indicates the artist’s interest in abstraction.
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