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Suite: Olympic Centennial Moment but Eternal
Chu Ko Yuan Dexing, known as1992
The Olympic Museum
Lausanne, Switzerland
Calligraphy made with a paint brush using vibrant varieties of colours to express a moment of life which can seem eternal.
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- Title: Suite: Olympic Centennial Moment but Eternal
- Creator Lifespan: 23 March 1931 - March 2011
- Creator Nationality: Chinese
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Taipei
- Creator Birth Place: Mi-lo, Huan Province, China
- Date Created: 1992
- Location Created: Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
- Physical Dimensions: w895 x h595 cm (Complete)
- Painter: Chu Ko Yuan Dexing, known as
- Description: Signed: Chu Ko lower right. From the 50 original works of the Olympic Centennial Suite, the IOC printed 250 lithographs of each work, all measuring 63/90cm, on Arches vellum paper (270 grams), signed by the artist and numbered.
- Collection information: The "Olympic Centennial Suite ", brings together 50 works by international artists who are representative of the variety of contemporary artistic tendencies. It was created on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the International Olympic Committee in 1994. For the choice of the works, the IOC brought in two prestigious French art critics, Gérard Xuriguera and Francis Parent. More than two years were necessary to constitute this Suite, with the aim of representing, in just 50 works, the multiplicity of creative work produced over the last five decades, from the figurative to the abstract, from hyperrealism to minimalism, from the new figurative school to abstract expressionism, as well as geometrism, conceptual art, and body art. It was decided that each international artist selected should create a work on a two-dimensional support. Some of these artists, aware of the importance of the message of the Olympic Movement, have rendered this spirit a special homage, while always remaining faithful to their own personal style. This "Suite" can be qualified as the jewel of the art collection of The Olympic Museum.
- Artistic school or movement: Chu Ko moved to Taiwan when he was 18. He selected his art name because “chu” meant that Hunan was part of the State of Chu between the Spring and Autumn Period (770-467 BC) and the Warring States Period (476-221 BC). “Ko” referred to a lance-like bronze weapon in ancient China, which implied the artist was once a soldier. Chu Ko was an artist who divided his time between his art and teaching at the Faculty of Chinese Culture in Taipei. Despite all his knowledge and writings, Chu Ko tried his hand at calligraphy and painting relatively late. His first exhibition with ink painting, silkscreen painting and ceramic painting was held in 1969. His later works, since 1981, created after the artist survived a bout of cancer, exhibited a love of life, with radiant, passionate colours. His calligraphy also took on a life of its own with deliberate ink drops and bleeding. In 1988 Ho took part in the Olympiad of Arts in Seoul which ran concurrently with the Olympic Games. In his painting “Flower Season”, he compared the period of the 1988 Olympic Summer Games to a season when flowers are in bloom.
- Type: Paintings
- Rights: International Olympic Committee, 2004, ©IOC/G.Peter
- Medium: China ink on paper
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