Lot 1360: CHEN KE

CHEN KE
(B. 1978)
The Snail's Home
signed in Chinese; dated '2006' (lower right); signed 'Chen Ke' in Pinyin; titled and inscribed 'The Snail's Home oil on canvas' in English; inscribed and dated twice '215 x 215 cm 2006'; titled, inscribed and signed in Chinese (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
214.6 x 214.6 cm. (84 1/2 x 84 1/2 in.)
Painted in 2006

Milan, Italy, Primo Marella Gallery, Chen Ke, 19 January-19 February 2008.
Milan, Italy, Palazzo Reale, Cina: Rinascita Contemporanea, 11 December 2009-7 February 2010.

24 Ore Motta Cultura and Palazzo Reale, Cina: Rinascita Contemporanea, Milan, Italy, 2009 (illustrated, p. 194).
Cordelia Steiner and Christoph Noe, Kehrer Verlag, Chen Ke, Heidelberg, Germany, 2009 (illustrated, p. 77).

Primo Marella Gallery, Milan, Italy
Acquired from the above by the present owner

"While I am painting, I look for my innermost world at the same time. This is because my works are deeply related to my heart. Later I discover there are different sides of a person's personality, something profound."
- Chen Ke