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Tan Kai-I(1966-)
Marilyn Monroe is Waiting for Someone
Reference Price NT$ 500,000
Selling Price NT$ 350,000
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Tan Kai-I(1966-)

Marilyn Monroe is Waiting for Someone

2012

130x162cm

Oil on canvas

Signature
Singed by the artist on the front
Reference Price
NT$ 500,000
Selling Price
NT$ 350,000
  • About Work
  • About Artist
  • Purchase Info

About Work

[Marilyn Monroe is Waiting for Someone] is a piece of Tan’s Monroe Series.

 

In [Marilyn Monroe is Waiting for Someone], a gentle breeze drifts into the car, ruffling Monroe’s hair and stirring the cigarette smoke between her fingers. The bodily elegance painted by Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) finds its expression in Monroe’s slightly leaning posture. The texture of the seat behind her was rubbed with foam. At first glance, the muzzle lurking in the shadow looks like the vent of the cool breeze. The connections among the car window, Monroe’s beautiful hair and cigarette smoke renders the imagery as gentle and smooth as river water.

 

Tan created this work on the basis of a real social event in which a woman decided to sacrifice herself by hiring a gunman to kill her in exchange for her family’s happiness brought by the insurance coverage. In this painting, Monroe replaced the woman as the protagonist. She knowingly waits for the moment with a dreamy expression on her face, showing a subtle touch of sorrow.

About Artist

Tan Kai-I
Tan Kai-I
彈甲一

Taipei National University of the Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Assistant Professor (2018-)

2010
Ph.D., Faculty of Fine Arts, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
1998
M.A., Fine Arts, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
1988
B.A., Fine Arts, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
1966
Born in Chiayi, Taiwan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
La La Land II, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
La La Land, Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse, Chiayi, Taiwan
2013
Monroe in 6min30sec, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2012
Strip off, Marilyn Monroe, Main Trend Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse, Chiayi, Taiwan
2009
Memories of Mickey, Jin-Zhi Gallery, Miaoli, Taiwan
2007
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Tunghai University Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
2003
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Carmona Cityhall Gallery, Carmona, Spain
2002
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Sevilla Cityhall Gallery, Sevilla, Spain
2000
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Taichung City Seaport Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
1999
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Providence University Art Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, National Tsing Hua University Arts Center, Hsinchu, Taiwan
1998
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Tunghai University Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan
1996
Tan Kai-I Solo Exhibition, Tsai-Shih Art Center, Chiayi, Taiwan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIR
2016
20 X 20, Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse, Chiayi, Taiwan
2015
Inside Out, Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse, Chiayi, Taiwan
Taiwan Contemporary Print Works Exhibition, Art Site of Chiayi Railway Warehouse, Chiayi, Taiwan
2014
Paintings in Chiayi, Chiayi Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, Chiayi, Taiwan
2012
Art Taipei 2012, Taipei World Trade Center (Main Trend Gallery), Taipei, Taiwan

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