Spotlight by Art Basel - Lévy Gorvy
  • Installation view of Zao Wou-Ki paintings at Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel

  • Photo of two Zao Wou-Ki abstract paintings at Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel

  • Photo of two Zao Wou-Ki abstract paintings at Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel

  • Photo of two Zao Wou-Ki paintings at Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel

  • Installation view of Zao Wou-Ki paintings at Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel

  • Installation view of Zao Wou-Ki paintings at Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel

Spotlight by Art Basel

Hong Kong
November 27 - 30, 2020


Booth S12

Lévy Gorvy is pleased to announce its participation in Hong Kong Spotlight by Art Basel with a curated presentation of works by Zao Wou-Ki. The first physical art fair since the beginning of 2020, Spotlight will feature elite galleries with established spaces in Hong Kong, offering visitors the chance to view premier works of art in person.

The centerpiece of Lévy Gorvy’s booth at Spotlight Hong Kong will be 21.11.03, a major oil painting from the master's last decade. The expansive canvas, which has only been exhibited once before at the Pierre Gianadda Foundation in Switzerland, represents the autonomy that Zao harnessed in the new millennium, advancing his painterly engagement with atmospheric abstraction while transcending direct representation. The celestial 21.11.03 manifests Zao's desire “to paint that which cannot be seen, the breath of life, the wind, movement, the life of forms.” This impulse may also be seen in several important works on paper that will be on display including two monumental works from 2006 that Zao created with brushed India ink on paper, uniting charged calligraphic gestures with a command of composition developed over a long and accomplished career. Zao’s India ink on paper works were a focus of his recent 2019 retrospective at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Lévy Gorvy has worked closely with Zao Wou-Ki’s estate since the gallery’s inception. Its inaugural exhibition in 2017 presented paintings by the Chinese master together with works by American Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning. We are honored to again present his work of this master in Hong Kong.

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Selected Works

  • Zao Wou-Ki's painting 21.11.03, 2003

    ZAO WOU-KI
    21.11.03
    2003
    Oil on canvas
    76 6/8 x 51 3/16 inches (195 x 130 cm)
    © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
    Photo: Julien Gremaud

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  • Zao Wou-Ki's painting Sans titre, 2006

    ZAO WOU-KI
    Sans titre
    2006
    India ink on paper
    108 1/16 x 84 1/16 inches (274.5 x 213.5 cm) © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
    Photo: Julien Gremaud

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  • Zao Wou-Ki's painting Sans titre, 2006

    ZAO WOU-KI
    Sans titre
    2006
    India ink on paper
    106 11/16 x 83 7/8 inches (271 x 213 cm)
    © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
    Photo: Julien Gremaud

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November 27, 2020

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