LALAN (1921-1995) - Lot 72

LALAN (1921-1995) Composition Gouache and watercolor Signed and dated lower right 50 x 65 cm Provenance: Gift of the artist to the current owner Lalan (1921-1995) Born Xie Jinglan in Guiyang, Lalan arrived in Paris in 1948 with her husband Zao Wou-Ki. She studied painting, contemporary music and modern dance. This multi-disciplinary approach gave rise to a deeply personal body of work, marked by a harmony between movement, gesture and sound. If his career is closely intertwined with that of Zao Wou-Ki in the 1950s, Lalan soon developed her own language. In the 1960s, after separating from the painter, she fully asserted her artistic identity. artistic identity. Her paintings are characterized by a reading similar to that of a musical score. of a musical score. At the same time, she composed sound works and staged performances in which painting, music and dance interacted. performances in which painting, music and dance interact. pioneer of multimedia creation. Rediscovered over the last twenty years, Lalan now occupies an increasingly important place in the history of abstract art. in the history of XXᵉ century abstraction. His works are held in several Asian and Asian and European institutions, and are the subject of museum reappraisals that the importance of his role in the artistic dialogue between East and West. His work, long in the shadows, is now emerging as an essential link in the transnational of transnational modernity. Today, she remains an emblematic figure on the French post-war scene.