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Les étés de la modernité
16 juin - 13 septembre 2004
Musée des arts asiatiques Guimet
6, place d’Iéna 75116 Par is
tous les jours sauf le mardi 10h-18h
www.museeguimet.fr
| If Sanyu struggled with his paintings, he did his best to hide the evidence. The image takes possession of the canvas as if it had simply been waiting for the right moment to manifest itself. In one sense this may be close to what actually happened: one intuits that in most paintings a long period of reflection preceded the physical work with the brush, bringing to mind the Chinese axiom yi zai bi xian: "the conception precedes the brush"as indeed was necessary in China, where the surfaces of paper and silk did not allow of much reworking. As a procedure transposed to oil painting this made possible the wonderfully relaxed naturalness that provides Sanyu's works with their unique charm..." from Sanyu, by Jonathan Hay. |
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 White Nude |
 Nude on Tapestry |
 Nude |
 Nude under the Moon |
 Goldfish |
 Seated Woman |
 Rendezvous after Sunset |
 Fleurs de prunier |
 Portrait of Marcelle |
 Galloping Horses |
 Reclining Nude |
 Agnes |
 Crescent Moon |
 Two Standing Nudes |
 Sleeping Nude |