CHINA/5000 Years, Sotheby's
Online auction November 18-December 1, 2022
This diverse sale includes Chinese works of art from diplomat and collector Frederick William Hinke (1900-1960), who served for several years in China; early ceramics of a West Coast collector; Qing porcelain formerly in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and a selection of Scholar's Objects, among other treasures.
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The Architectonics of Form: Scrolls by Ganesh Haloi,
Akar Prakar New Delhi
November 23, 2022-Janaury 10, 2023
The scrolls by Ganesh Haloi, are cartographic mappings of the layered sensations that have impressed upon him for decades. Beginning with the steady lyricism of Ajanta murals, resonant whispers of the varying landscapes, rhythmicity of the alpana forms, structurality of manmade interventions and the poetics of space. The architectonics of his visual forms are derived from and yet not limited by these layered impressions and the scrolls presented for the first time in this exhibition extends the survey into the dynamics of space as sound.
There are two primary aspects that trigger the perceptive construction of the forms in Haloi’s scrolls. One is the aspect of space as perceived by the Chinese artist, enhancing the void with the minimalistic spontaneous brush strokes that exemplifies the Daoist ideal of being in harmony with nature, devoid of the self. Dhvani, a theory of suggestions and revelations is the other binding element in Haloi’s composite forms and relations to space.
Haloi’s architectonics derives from the process of integrality. To experience and express nature as a whole. Synchronizing its lyricism, rhythm, resonance, structurality and poetics into a coherent formula. This process abstracts the physicality of forms, and its psychological translucency of meanings and sensations into a sonic algorithm—enfolding, unfolding, and refolding the space-time flux into a continuous act of abstraction, until the self-image is integral to a visual formula of sonic symbolism. The void/space impregnated with dhvani, gives birth to this pulsating architectonic of form.
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Forty-eight bidders from Hong Kong, China, Canada, and the United States competed for Painting of Antlers, signed Qianlong Emperor, which sold for $118,750, surpassing its estimate ten-fold.
The three-session online sale, entitled Asian, Ancient and Ethnographic Works of Art, Parts I, II, and III of rare works of Asian art presented by Lark Mason Associates, on iGavelAuctions.com, concluded on November 3rd, and rang up $932,045.00 in sales including buyer’s premium.
“The series of sales exceeded expectations and showed the market to be remarkably resilient, boding well for the 2023 spring sales of Asian art in March,” says Lark Mason. “It included nearly 500 lots with a mix of works ranging from ancient works of art to furniture, resulting in a significant number of bidders pursuing works across a variety of categories.” According to Mason the strong response was due to the variety of material and reasonable estimates, and took into consideration the costs incurred by bidders who were incurring packing and shipping costs, in addition to the hammer price at auction.
In addition to the painting of antlers signed by Emperor Qianlong, other lots that surpassed their original estimates were a Chinese Peking Amber Glass Octagonal Bottle Vase, eagerly pursued by 38 bidders and snapped up for $17,500; an ink-on-silk Korean Four Panel Ink Screen by Kim K-Chang (1913-2001) sold for $18,125, exceeding its estimate three-fold, with 26 bids. A pair of Chinese Faux Cloisonne Porcelain Jardinieres, mid-Qing Dynasty sold for $25,000, twice its estimate; a Chinese Brown Jade Huang Form Dragon Pendant sold for $25,000; a pair of Chinese Porcelain Magpie and Prunus Vases, 20th Century far exceeded its $1,200-1500 estimate and garnered $20,625; and a 19th century Carved Beige Stone Gourd Form Snuff bottle rang up $8,125.
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Sunrise in Udaipur, ca. 1722–23, The City Palace Museum-Udaipur, Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation (MMCF), Udaipur, 2012.20.0015
A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal Udaipur,
National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
November 19, 2022-May 14, 2023
Around 1700, artists in Udaipur (a court in northwest India) began creating immersive paintings that conveyed the mood (bhava) of the city’s palaces, lakes, and mountains. These large paintings and their emphasis on lived experience have never been the focus of an exhibition.
With dazzling paintings on paper and cloth—many on public view for the first time—A Splendid Land reveals how artists conveyed emotions, depicted places, celebrated water resources, and fostered personal bonds over some two hundred years in the rapidly changing political and cultural landscapes of early modern South Asia.
The exhibition is organized as a journey that begins at Udaipur’s center and continues outward: first to the city, then to the countryside, and finally to the cosmos. A soundscape by the renowned filmmaker Amit Dutta invites contemporary audiences to sense—and not just see—the moods of these extraordinary places and paintings.
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Seated Ganesha, 14th–15th century, Orissa, ivory, H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Klejman, 1964 (64.102)
Ganesha: Lord of New Beginnings, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
November 19, 2022-Feburary 25, 2023
Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is a Brahmanical (Hindu) deity known to clear a path to the gods and remove obstacles in everyday life. He is loved by his devotees (bhakti) for his many traits, including his insatiable appetite for sweet cakes and his role as a dispenser of magic, surprise, and laughter. However, Ganesha is also the lord of ganas (nature deities) and can take on a fearsome aspect in this guise.
The seventh- to twenty-first-century works in this exhibition trace his depiction across the Indian subcontinent, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia. Featuring 24 works across sculptures, paintings, musical instruments, ritual implements, and photography, the exhibition emphasizes the vitality and exuberance of Ganesha as the bringer of new beginnings.
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L-R: CFGNY, New Fashion II, 2018, Courtesty of CFGNY. Photograph by David Brandon Geeting and Wataru Tominaga, Untitled from 31st Hyères Mode Festival, 2016, 2015, Courtesy of Wataru Tominaga
Refashioning: CFGNY and Wataru Tominaga, Japan Society
November 18, 2022-February 19, 2023
Japan Society presents the exhibition Refashioning: CFGNY and Wataru Tominaga from November 18, 2022 through February 19, 2023. The first show devoted to the art of contemporary fashion at Japan Society, the exhibition explores the work of CFGNY and Wataru Tominaga, two emerging fashion labels that engage with the intersections between fashion, art, and identity. Featuring garments, accessories, and textile-related works, the exhibition examines the ways in which these two practices—one based in New York, and the other in Tokyo—experiment with artistic mediums beyond conventional forms of dress, while challenging preconceived notions of gender and identity.
Artists in Conversation: CFGNY and Wataru Tominaga
In-person event, November 22 at 6pm
Join fashion and art collective CFGNY and designer Wataru Tominaga for a talk delving into their artistic practices and the works featured in their new exhibition, Refashioning: CFGNY and Wataru Tominaga. Moderated by Dr. Yuniya Kawamura, Professor of Sociology at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, this conversation will highlight the artists’ distinctive, yet shared approaches to exploring fashion as a medium to initiate broader dialogues.
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Jamini Roy, Untitled (detail), gouache and natural pigment on paper
The City as a Museum, DAG
November 18-27, 2022
DAG announces their annual art and heritage festival returns to Kolkata-to explore the city’s rich history of artistic practices and exchanges through 9 events in 8 locations over a period of 10 days. Traveling across the city and beyond, this festival opens up special access to heritage spaces, artists’ homes, and rare collections through unique walks, workshops, performances, talks, and more.
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Just in time for the season, Onishi Gallery announces the launch of their store on Onishi Gallery’s website. Visit the site to find something really special for the ones you love….or even for yourself!
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The Making of a Japanese Tea House in New York, Fu Qiumeng Fine Art
In person event, Friday, November 18, 6:30pm
Yoshitsugu Nagano in conversation with artist Hisao Hanafusa
Hisao Hanafusa, the contemporary artist and a superb craftsman of traditional Japanese carpentry, will talk with Yoshitsugu Nagano, a tea master and Professor of the Ueda Soko school, about Hanafusa's design and construction of the Globus Chashitsu in Union Square, New York.
On the occasion of Hisao Hanafusa’s solo exhibition Borrowing Nature’s Power, Chanoyu Week NYC collaborates with the gallery to present this lecture on historic tea houses in Japan and the conversation with Hanafusa.
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Available on the website of Charles B. Wang Center at Stony Brook University is a rich variety of videos about Asian art topics. The most recent production, created in collaboration with Dartmouth College, is The Story of Modern Korean Art | Modern Girls, produced on October 24th. This video essay takes a groundbreaking look at cultural history and the legacies of modern Korean girls who challenged gender, social roles, and identity issues.
A few of the many other subjects featured on video include Miao Girl Kiab and the Silver Needle: A Live Musical and Shadow Puppet Performance; Power, Protection, Prestige: Tribal Blankets of Southern China; and The Art of Folding: Basic Zig Zag Fold.
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