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Lot 13
Zhang Gong
(B. 1959)
Brave Tom Series No. 6, 18 & 38 (Three Works)
REdiscovery Manfred Schoeni's Legacy
27 May 2023, 15:00 HKT
Hong Kong, Admiralty

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Zhang Gong (B. 1959)

Brave Tom Series No. 6, 18 & 38 (Three Works)
1996

each signed and dated 1996 on the lower right
oil on canvas

each: 40 x 32 cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/8 in)

Schoeni Art Gallery label affixed to the reverse

Footnotes

Provenance
Schoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong (acquired directly from the artist)
Collection of the Schoeni Family

Exhibited
Hong Kong, Schoeni Art Gallery, 8+8-1 Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, 19 June - 12 July 1997

Literature
Schoeni Art Gallery Ltd., 8+8-1 Selected Paintings by 15 Contemporary Artists, Hong Kong, 1997, p. 102 - 104, illustrated in colour

張弓
勇敢的湯姆系列第六號、第十八號、第三十八號（三件）
油彩 畫布
1996年作

簽名︰張弓1996（每幅右下）

每幅背面貼有少勵畫廊標籤

來源
香港少勵畫廊（得自藝術家本人）
少勵家族收藏

展覽
「8+8-1：15位當代藝術家油畫展」，少勵畫廊，香港，1997年6月19日 - 7月12日

出版
《8+8-1：15當代藝術家油畫選集》，少勵畫廊，香港，1997年，第102 - 104頁，彩圖

Executed in 1996, Zhang Gong painted himself as a child in the Brave Tom series. The artist explained, "Tom is a boy from the global village. He is without nationality. He is bold, and he does not cry when he falls. Things that grown-ups do not allow, he is interested in doing them. He is forever indulging in new things". Zhang Gong conveys his fascination with the unknown through this series of works. Like the child in the pictures who is intently studying books, birds, and phases of the moon, he is equally curious and confounded. However, his inquisitiveness compels him to explore uncharted territories.

創作於1996年的《勇敢的湯姆》系列作品，藝術家將自己化身為孩子的形象，張弓曾說：「湯姆是個無國籍地球村的男孩，他膽子大，摔倒不哭，成年人認爲的好事，他可能不這樣看，成年人不讓幹的事，他很可能去作，他對新事物永遠經津津樂道。」張弓透過作品，紀錄了他的所思所想，不論是抱著書本、飛鳥，或趴在桌上觀察月相，畫中人物純真地展現對未知世界的好奇與迷惘。

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