Review of the Europeanization of Chinese Bronze

Specifically, we now from the Chinese contemporary art, modern painting and Chinese painting in ancient China's performance in the financial crisis, and now see the Chinese art market recovery. Contemporary Art: From 2006, the fire more than two years of Chinese contemporary art, the fall of 2008 in the international market have tasted the taste of the cold field. 2008 oil painting and autumn auction of contemporary art sector turnover in 2007 totaled only 36.09% of total turnover, dropped back to level three years ago. The unique bronze sculpture gives expression to various combat, shooting, rowing, mulberry picking, reward and other scenes.  Contemporary bronze art price began to fall, closing spring auction bid auction have the same ranking decreased by 50% to 60% unsold rate of 42%. In 2008, Christie's Hong Kong autumn auction, and Zeng early works "from the masses, to the masses" final unsold.

In the autumn auction before, Zeng works in Hong Kong, Christie's, Sotheby's auction in appearance, about 10 million yuan valuation of the top works nobody cares. In early October 2008, Chinese contemporary art is considered "high myth" last line of defense of the Sotheby's Hong Kong autumn auction ultimately bleak ending. t least two points can be seen from the contents shown on the bronze statue. 300 pieces of Chinese contemporary and 20th century works of art, there are 108 unsold works, unsold rate of 36%, including Fang Lijun, Yue Minjun, Zeng, including a line of five works of all artists face unsold. In early 2009, the contemporary art market has not the slightest bronze warming to two national auction company, for example, in 2009 China Jiade Chun film "Chinese Oil Painting and Sculpture," Session total turnover of 34.407 million yuan, 44.7% turnover rate, with the Guardian 2008 Autumn Auction two special painting of 51 million yuan compared to three percent reduction in turnover.

Another domestic contemporary art auction leader - China Poly, the spring of 2009 film "painting sculpture and contemporary art," Session total turnover of 37.727 million yuan, the turnover rate 65.82% from its 2008 autumn auction, "Modern and Contemporary Art Evening" and "China New Art, "two figures of 85 million yuan special difference further. First, based on the chinese bronze sculpture, the humanism has been strengthened. In the 2009 autumn auction, in addition to the forest of Jin's "Nanniwan" (1344 million) and Chen Yifei "pace" (40.432 million yuan) two break 10 million yuan mark, but over a million dollars of contemporary art auction substantially reduced. Guardian of Zhang Xiaogang, "Bloodline Series --- family XIII" because of overvalued (1200-1500 million) tragically unsold.

As China's economy continued to improve in the second half of 2009 the major auction companies autumn auction, the turnover began to rise, more and more obvious signals of market recovery, especially in the ancient Chinese painting and modern Chinese in order to constantly go beyond the past create a new price record. The bronze dragon has entered into a period of innovation. But the Chinese contemporary art, but still looked very weak. Christie's Hong Kong, for example, the 2007 Hong Kong autumn auction, Christie's "Asian Contemporary Art," Session has photographed 467 million yuan in 2009, making autumn with "20th Century Chinese Art", the turnover of only 231 million million. 2009 "Contemporary Art" autumn auction market than the peak period in 2007, nearly 50% of the "shrink", has proven overseas china bronze sculpture contemporary art market is still struggling at the bottom.