Qi Zhilong born 1962

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Qi Zhilong - Portrait of a Lady
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NO REGRETS: 20th/21st Century Art Online Sale
April 2023
Christies, Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Est.: 16.000 - 26.000 HKD
Realised: 40.320 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - 2004 No. 2
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No Regrets: 20/21 Art Online: All Originals
April 2022
Christies, Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Est.: 30.000 - 50.000 HKD
Realised: 52.920 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Sweet Teenage
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No Regrets: 20/21 Art Online: All Originals
April 2022
Christies, Hong Kong (Online Auction)
Est.: 60.000 - 100.000 HKD
Realised: 100.800 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Orange (Young Intellectuals)
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Contemporary Art Asia
March 2021
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 3.000 - 5.000 USD
Realised: 68.750 USD
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Qi Zhilong - Revolutionary Girl
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Contemporary Art Asia
September 2020
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 USD
Realised: 22.500 USD
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Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl Series No. 28
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Modern and Contemporary Art
October 2019
POLY
Est.: 30.000 - 50.000 HKD
Realised: not sold
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Qi Zhilong - China Girl
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Contemporary Art Asia: New York Edition
May 2018
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Realised: 10.000 USD
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Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl Series No. 28
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Modern and Contemporary Art
March 2018
POLY
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Realised: not sold
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Qi Zhilong - New Springs
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Asian Contemporary Art Online: featuring the Chaney Family Collection
November 2017
Christies, New York (Online Auction)
Est.: 15.000 - 20.000 USD
Realised: 25.000 USD
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Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl Series No.25(Executed In 2009)
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The Schoeni Family Collection
October 2017
China Guardian, Hong Kong
Est.: 30.000 - 60.000 HKD
Realised: 68.440 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Female Soldier No. 7
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Modern and Contemporary Art
October 2017
POLY, Hong Kong
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 HKD
Realised: not sold
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Qi Zhilong - \'Chinese Girl\' Nr. 8
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
June 2017
Phillips, London Auction
Est.: 20.000 - 30.000 GBP
Realised: not sold
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The artist Qi Zhilong

  • Contemporary artist who lives and works in Beijing.
  • Representative of Chinese Gaudy Art, also often associated with Chinese Political Pop.
  • Known mainly for portraits of young Chinese women in uniform.

Born in Hohhot (Inner Mongolia, China) in 1962, Qi Zhilong graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1988 and moved to Beijing in 1992. Here he worked in an artists' village at a time when the currents of Chinese cynical realism and political pop were just gaining popularity. The latter emerged in 1980s China, influenced by the cultural revolution around Mao Zedong, and combined Western pop art with socialist realism to create an art movement that challenged the rapidly changing political and social climate in the country. It depicted the change from a communist to a consumerist society.

Also in 1992, Zhilong's painting series Consumer Icons was created. Here he is said to have used oil paint to commercialise the idealistic icons of Polit-Pop. Therefore, his works are often attributed to Chinese Polit-Pop. In 1994, his Consumer Icons series became the subject of a solo exhibition at the Schoeni Gallery in Hong Kong, gaining him international recognition. At the same time, criticism of Chinese political pop grew louder and so the so-called Gaudy Art emerged in the mid-nineties as a development from political pop.

The aim of Gaudy Art was to parody the emerging consumer culture through bright colours and symbolism from pop culture and folk art. The new movement was shaped by a series of exhibitions in 1996, curated by the well-known Chinese art critic Li Xianting, in which Zhilong's work was shown, too which is why he is now considered an important representative of the movement. At that time, Zhilong was already working on his portraits, which made him one of China's most successful contemporary artists.

In a simple and realistic way, he depicted young Chinese women during the cultural revolution in uniform and wearing caps, usually with two braids. Viewers are usually looked at directly by the women, who seem to wear the uniforms as a kind of fashionable style. Therefore, Zhilong's art is seen as a connection between the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong's time and the new, consumerist era. In later works, the uniform of the Chinese women - except for the cap - is increasingly replaced by contemporary fashion. In 1999, the portraits were shown in another solo exhibition under the title Big Icons - Chinese Women, also at the Schoeni Gallery. Qi Zhilong still lives and works in Beijing.

Der Künstler Qi Zhilong

  • Zeitgenössischer Künstler, der in Peking lebt und arbeitet.
  • Vertreter der chinesischen Gaudy Art,wird häufig mit dem chinesischen Polit-Pop verbunden.
  • Vor allem durch Porträts von jungen Chinesinnen in Uniform bekannt.

1962 in Hohhot (Innere Mongolei, China) geboren, erlangte Qi Zhilong 1988 seinen akademischen Grad von der Central Academy of Fine Arts und zog 1992 nach Peking. Hier arbeitete er in einem Künstlerdorf, in einer Zeit, zu der die Strömungen des chinesischen zynischen Realismus und des Polit-Pops gerade an Popularität gewannen. Letzterer entstand im China der 1980er, beeinflusst von der kulturellen Revolution um Mao Zedong und kombinierte die westliche Pop-Art mit sozialistischem Realismus zu einer Kunstbewegung, die das sich schnell wandelnde politische und soziale Klima im Land infrage stellte. Sie bildete den Wandel von ein einer kommunistischen zu einer konsumdenkenden Gesellschaft ab.

Ebenfalls 1992 entstand Zhilongs Gemäldeserie Consumer Icons. Hier wird ihm nachgesagt, Ölfarbe benutzt zu haben, um die idealistischen Ikonen des Polit-Pops zu kommerzialisieren. Deshalb werden seine Werke oft dem chinesischen Polit-Pop zugeordnet. 1994 wurde seine Consumer Icons Serie Gegenstand einer Einzelausstellung in der Schoeni Gallery in Hongkong, wodurch er internationale Bekanntheit erlangte. Zeitgleich wurde Kritik am chinesischen Polit-Pop lauter und so entstand in den Mittneunzigern die sogenannte Gaudy Art als eine Entwicklung aus dem politischen Pop.

Ziel der Gaudy Art war es, durch die hellen Farben und die Symbolik aus Popkultur und Volkskunst die aufkommende Konsumkultur zu parodieren. Geprägt wurde die neue Strömung durch eine Reihe an Ausstellungen im Jahre 1996, die der bekannte chinesische Kunstkritiker Li Xianting kuratierte und in denen auch Zhilongs Werke zu sehen waren, weshalb er heute als wichtiger Vertreter der Bewegung gilt. Zu dieser Zeit arbeitete Zhilong bereits an seinen Porträts, die ihn zu einem der erfolgreichsten zeitgenössischen Künstlern Chinas machten.

Auf schlichte und realistische Weise bildete er junge Chinesinnen während der kulturellen Revolution in Uniform und mit Mütze ab, meist mit zwei Zöpfen. Betrachtende werden von den Frauen, die die Uniformen als eine Art modischen Stil zu tragen scheinen, in der Regel direkt angesehen. Deshalb werden Zhilongs Werke als Verbindung von der kulturellen Revolution zur Zeit Mao Zedongs mit der neuen, konsumorientierten Zeit gesehen. In späteren Arbeiten wird die Uniform der Chinesinnen – bis auf die Mütze – zunehmend von Mode der Gegenwart abgelöst. 1999 wurden die Porträts in einer weiteren Einzelausstellung unter dem Titel Big Icons – Chinese Women ebenfalls in der Schoeni Gallery zur Schau gestellt. Bis heute lebt und arbeitet Qi Zhilong in Peking.

Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl Series No. 26
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Contemporary Asian Art
April 2017
Sothebys, Hong Kong
Est.: 40.000 - 60.000 HKD
Realised: 75.000 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Consumer Icons No. 3, 1992
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New Now
December 2016
Phillips, London Auction
Est.: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Realised: 25.000 GBP
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Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl No. 34
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Chinese and Asian Modern and Contemporary Art
October 2016
POLY, Hong Kong
Est.: 80.000 - 120.000 HKD
Realised: 94.400 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Consumer Icons Iv
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Chinese and Asian Modern and Contemporary Art
April 2016
POLY, Hong Kong
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Realised: 259.600 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl
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Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)
November 2015
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 40.000 - 50.000 HKD
Realised: 93.750 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Consumer Icons No. 37
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Contemporary Asian Art
April 2015
Sothebys, Hong Kong
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Realised: 125.000 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - The Idea of Workers No. 2
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Asia+ / First Open
March 2015
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 150.000 - 200.000 HKD
Realised: 200.000 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - 2004 No. 4
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Contemporary Asian Art
October 2014
Sothebys, Hong Kong
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Realised: 137.500 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl Series No. 26
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Contemporary Asian Art
April 2014
Sothebys, Hong Kong
Est.: 100.000 - 150.000 HKD
Realised: 93.750 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Chinese Girl
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Chinese and Asian Modern & Contemporary Art
April 2014
POLY, Hong Kong
Est.: 150.000 - 250.000 HKD
Realised: not sold
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Qi Zhilong - Comrade Girl
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Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)
November 2013
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 250.000 - 350.000 HKD
Realised: 325.000 HKD
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Qi Zhilong - Untitled
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Asian Contemporary Art (Day Sale)
May 2013
Christies, Hong Kong
Est.: 250.000 - 350.000 HKD
Realised: 237.500 HKD
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