Up Into The Sky
By Liu Xuanqi
US$ 13,000
Overview
2022
Charcoal, Acrylic & charcoal on canvas
Unique Work
Dimensions: 122cm (H) x 91cm (W) / 48" (H) x 35.8" (W)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings
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This item ships from Singapore
Please note that this item is unframed and will be shipped rolled
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About the art
Artist statement
“Cloud” has been an indispensable art subject matter since ancient times, from Chinese literati paintings to the Western impressionistic take on the cloud. Mountains, waters, and clouds are monumental landscape paintings' three essential pictorial elements. Outside the visual art studies, the cloud may be one of the most valuable metaphors of all time in plays, poems, songs, and novels, from philosophy to design. Moreover, the semiotics of cloud ranges from motifs, framing devices, poetic imagery, and a desktop icon. The cloud’s ubiquity reminds us, perhaps, that it is humanity’s most significant icon in history and today
Artist profile
Liu Xuanqi
Born: 1977
Hometown: Zhe Jiang
Based in: Singapore
Born in China 1977, Liu Xuan Qi graduated from University of Shanghai for Science and Technology press printing and Institute of art and design, in 1999. He moved to Singapore in 2006.
With his background as a graphic designer, he explores elements from traditional Chinese ink paintings, icons and imagery …
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