In the first ten works by artists born after 1980, eight of the positions occupied by virtually unknown in the West, Chinese Liu Chunsi, which is trying to compete with American Tauba Auerbach

BJ CHUNSI Divinity
Beijing CNTC. 20.12.2010
Estimate: 1,9-3 million dollars
Result: $ 3.3 million
Source: artprice.com


Tauba Auerbach Untitled ( assembly). 2010
Christie's. 26.06.2013
Estimate: 300-460 thousand dollars
Result: 648,000 dollars
Source: artprice.com

portal Artprice published a ranking of the ten most expensive works of artists under the age of 33 years. Sales were taken into account in the last 10 years. Top 10, alas, turned out not too diverse, it mentions only two names: Chinese Liu Chunsi and American Tauba Auerbach. According to the drafters, the rating is a clear illustration of the bloated Chinese art market (all sales Chunsi Liu refer to the same auction in 2010, and all eight of his seven-figure results) and stable interest in the American artist.

№	Author	Title	Price, USD	Auction
1	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Deity	3311000	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
2	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Animals and lotus	1806000	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
3	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Animals	1505 000	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
4	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Goddess Guanyin	1505000	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
5	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Figures	1354500	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
6	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Peacock	1354500	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
7	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Bird and flowers	1204000	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
8	Liu Chunsi (Liu Chunxi)	Buddha	1053500	December 20, 2010 (Beijing CNTC International Auction Co. Ltd.)
9	Tauba Auerbach (Tauba Auerbach)	Untitled ( assembly). 2010	648 438	June 26, 2013 (Christie's London)
10	Tauba Auerbach (Tauba Auerbach)	Untitled (assembly) XV. 2010	492 192	27 June 2013 ( Phillips London)

Chunsi Artist Liu (Liu Chunxi) is completely unknown to Western audiences, although it occupies in the ranking works artists born after 1980, the first eight lines. Works Chunsi buy only his countrymen, and those that prefer the traditional Chinese art. Liu Chunsi (b. 1981) grew up in a religious environment and painted Buddha with five. Talented young man was admitted to the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts, China's best art school when he was only sixteen years old. After training plots of Chunsi still remained traditional, but his style of writing became more liberal and modern. His work has been exhibited in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Malaysia, but never - in the West. And December 20, 2010 at the Beijing auction Beijing CNTC International Auction eight works of Liu Chunsi brought nearly $ 13 million. Each work was sold expensive than a million dollars, including the record-holder "Deity" - $ 3.3 million. However, since none of the Chunsi no longer reached the seven-digit result. One-time auction a triumph, so rather a symptom of an artificial inflation of prices in the local market.

As for the second artist, Tauba Auerbach, then there probably is no catch. It is confidently gaining an audience at auctions in New York and London. Her best result to date - 781,000 dollars for his work "Untitled (Build)" (2010). Since its first appearance in 2001 in the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco Tauba Auerbach attended almost a hundred exhibitions. Basically, in the U.S. and Europe, including such reputable institutions as Gagosian, Gladstone, Paula Cooper, museums, MoMA, the Whitney, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Pompidou Center in Paris. His top auction results Taub reached immediately after its exhibition at the MoMA in New York in June 2013.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artprice.com , artinvestment.ru

Editor's Comment : How to get bored top 10 of the two names! No arguing against the facts, and in fact - a mockery. Actually, that's why ARTinvestment.RU The rankings are always adheres to the rule of "one artist - one painting».

the Europeans familiar with the global market conditions, such a rating close to the odious. However, Liu Chunsi in this situation just does not deserve the sarcasm. It was not his fault that his "driving forces" showed outstanding marketing talent. It was not his fault that the Chinese market - is a world that does not require harmonization of domestic prices to world prices. And certainly not fault Liu Chunsi that his countrymen-capitalists quickly earned huge amount of money, "and in a hurry to live and feel the rush." Anyway, the delicacy of the situation - what? In fact, it seems to us that 3 million for the 29-year-old Chinese Liu Chunsi (1981) - is beyond. And some people think that "beyond" - is million dollars for the Russian Komar and Melamid or 2000000 for Erik Bulatov .

What are we with that? Chinese fellows that are supportive of their young artists and their contemporary art - the envy of the world. Maybe a sense of proportion and sometimes it changes, but you can not skimp indicative things, otherwise the signal will not reach. Investing in culture often seem redundant, but strategically pay off handsomely. Europeans Do not know?

Vladimir Bogdanov, AI