Lot 40
158 x 138 cm ;192 x 172 cm (with frame)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 2005 lower middle
闫平《大粉百合》2005年作 油彩 画布
款识：YP 2005（中下）；大粉百合 / 160 x 140 / 颜平2005（画背）
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Notes:
In "Pink Lilies", Yan Ping pushes the blooming lilies to their visual extremes with her spirited and delicate brushstrokes. She uses nearly saturated pink, red and white to depict the abundance and fervor of the flowers, making them surge like waves across the canvas, as if they were about to break beyond the physical boundaries.
The porcelain vase in the center of the work serves as both structural anchor and chromatic pivot, masterfully balancing the painting's intense color rhythms within visual harmony. The heavily textured surface, built through layered pigment, reveals the painting's primal energy. Yan Ping's forceful brushstrokes and palette knife marks preserve the natural flow and emotional traces of her creative process. By merging Western Expressionism with Eastern still-life aesthetics, she imbues the ostensibly vibrant scene with underlying order and cultivation, achieving a dual essence of both exuberance and tranquility.
As one of China's most recognized contemporary still-life painters, Yan Ping consistently explores the resonance between color and life through floral subjects. "Pink Lilies" stands as a major representative work in her golden period. Notable for its monumental scale and dynamic composition, this lot carries exceptional market rarity. It combines bold decorative appeal with profound painterly discourse, making it an exemplary acquisition for both private collections and institutional holdings.
闫平于本幅《大粉百合》中，以奔放而细腻的笔触，将盛放的百合推至视觉的极致。她以近乎饱和的粉、红与白描绘花朵的丰盈与热烈，使其在画面中如浪潮般翻涌，仿佛要冲破画布的边界，扑面而来。
作品中央那只青花瓷瓶凝练雅致，作为结构中心与色彩节奏的轴点，将强烈的色彩律动巧妙安置于视觉和谐之中。画面肌理厚重，色块堆叠中见绘画的原始能量。颜平采用强有力的笔法与刀痕，保留创作过程中自然的节奏感与情绪轨迹。她将西方表现主义的形式语言与东方静物美学融合，使看似喧闹的画面背后隐含秩序与修养，呈现出既狂放又沉静的双重意蕴。
作为中国当代静物画领域中极具辨识度的艺术家，闫平以花卉题材为载体，持续探索色彩与生命之间的共鸣。《大粉百合》即是其在创作黄金期的重要代表作之一，尺寸硕大、构图饱满，张力十足，亦是市场中罕见的重量级力作。本作既有强烈的装饰性，也承载深厚的绘画语境，是私人收藏与机构藏品中的理想之选。 - Condition: Please enquire via email to [email protected]
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