It is very gentle.
Karinne Grimaud
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One pursuit, for a lifetime. Every series is sold out; the entire oeuvre is in private and public collections. Works are now made to commission only.
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Collected by- Taiwan Ministry of Culture Art Bank
- Taipei Representative Office in France
- Taipei Representative Office in Singapore
委託
CommissionsMade to commission.
Bespoke single works, and commissioned series or batch editions for brands, institutions, hotels and collectors（客製化批量訂製）. A mineral painting is built from more than twenty layers of hand-mounted paper and pigment, so commissions are scheduled from a waiting list. Prices on application.
- 1BriefAn enquiry says what is wanted and where it will hang: a single mineral painting, a series for an interior, a hand-lettered logotype or a sutra. The studio replies with a place on the waiting list and an outline of the timeframe.
- 2StudyA study on paper, with the materials and dimensions proposed, goes to the client for approval before any pigment is ground. For a series or a batch edition, one study is approved for the set and settles its palette and scale.
- 3ExecutionThe work is made in the Taipei studio. Mineral pigment is ground, bound with heated animal glue and laid on more than twenty layers of hand-mounted washi and xuan paper, each layer dried before the next. Gold leaf, silver leaf, mica or crystal go on last.
- 4InstallationThe finished work is crated in Taipei and installed on site. Its certificate of authenticity, the patent documentation and the provenance record travel with it.
Recent commissions include ink panels on wood for the ground floor, lounge and corridors of CityInn Hotel in Taipei, ink-wash panels in bronze frames for the display niches of a Taipei jeweller, a mirrored pavilion of projected mandalas at the Taichung Flora Expo, and fashion partnerships with Kiton, Stefano Ricci and Fabiana Filippi, and logotypes brushed for Taiwanese brands and a Mazu temple. Each is documented under Collaborations.
A series for a hotel or a brand is made as a single body of work from a single approved study and, where the brief calls for it, produced as a batch edition.
經書
Series IV · Buddhist CalligraphyThe Heart Sutra, copied to commission.
She copies the Heart Sutra in gold ink on black paper, or in ink on paper, as handscrolls that read from right to left and close with her seals. The longest runs past nineteen metres, so that the time of recitation becomes the time of looking. Temples commission them, as do families for a dedication or a memorial; Xingang Fengtian Temple, a Mazu temple, commissioned the calligraphy for its centenary blessing. A dedication, a length and a date are agreed on enquiry.
文件
What travels with the work.
- 1Certificate of authenticity signed and sealed by the artist, naming the pigments, leaf and paper used
- 2Patent technical documentation utility model TW M623403 U, filed 4 November 2021, published 11 February 2022: the layered mineral-pigment method on record
- 3Provenance record the work's exhibition history and line of ownership, kept by the studio
- 4Worldwide shipping and insurance crated in Taipei
- 5Installation crated in Taipei and installed on site
拍賣紀錄
Auction recordSold at auction and in private sale.
- 2024Weishan International Spring Auction, Taipei
- 2021Sotheby's Vienna × Rotary International, charity auction
- 2021 · 2023Private sales, Taipei every lot sold
藏家之聲
VoicesArtists and collectors on the work.
Recorded on the stand at ONE ART Taipei. Each line is the speaker's own.
Classic beauty.
Chris
This piece by artist Ku Chi-Chun is indeed very special.
Ann Yang 楊淑鈴
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問答
QuestionsQuestions collectors ask.
- Works
Are any works available?
No. Every series is in private and public collections. New works are made to commission; the waiting list is kept in order of enquiry.
- Prices
Are prices published?
No. Prices are quoted on application, one enquiry at a time, for a single work or for a series.
- Series
Can a series be commissioned for a hotel or a brand?
Yes. Series and batch editions are made for brands, institutions, hotels and collectors, from one study approved for the set.
- Viewing
Can the work be seen before it is commissioned?
The study is approved on paper before work begins. Works from each series can be seen at the annual art fairs listed in the artist's CV.
- Timeframe
How long does a commission take?
A mineral painting takes as long as its layers take to dry, and there are more than twenty. The date is set by the brief and by the work's place on the waiting list.
- Documents
What accompanies a work?
A certificate of authenticity signed by the artist, the technical documentation of utility-model patent TW M623403 U, and a provenance record kept by the studio.
- Shipping
Can a work be shipped abroad?
Yes. Works are crated, insured and shipped worldwide from Taipei. The studio advises on mounting and framing before a work travels.
- Contact
Who answers an enquiry?
The Taipei studio. In Paris, ALEA arranges viewings on the studio's behalf.
TEDxYongkang · Clip
A decade on, they had vanished
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EnquireWrite to the studio.
For a commission, a series, the Market Note, representation or press. Guided viewings at the annual art fairs, by booking.