Lot 76: MALEONN (MA LIANG)

Postman No. 2
Signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/6 on the reverse of the frame. Accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity.

90 x 135 cm (35 7/16 x 53 1/8 in).

Lambda print, printed 2009 and flush-mounted.

2008

Shanghai, MoCA, The World of Other's, 24 June - 24 July 2008 (another example exhibited); Shanghai, Shanghai Art Museum, Garden of Mirrors, 2009 (another example exhibited)

Maleonn: The Kingdom of Illusions, Timezone 8, 2008, p.12

Acquired directly from the artist; Private Collection, Europe

HeBrings too many secretsDecides not to talk any moreOn a ruin of the memoriesThe guy is a deposed kingSilence, is the fateThose undelivered letters together with all the addresseesDuring the time of unknown destinationWere sentenced to deathWhile in the pantomime of fateInside the man-in-green’s bagBuried my final stationery writing to youAnd also, those in his eyesLines of verse as beautiful but toxic as the white oleander flowers in the spring-- Love is short, but longer than oblivion