An artist whose images seem to dance
At Phillips' New Now contemporary auction in London in April, an oil-and-pastel canvas work was sold for 78,120 pounds ($91,300), nearly four times its estimate of 20,000 pounds. Most recently, at Christie's 21st century art day sale in Hong Kong in May, a large painting Untitled (2020) was sold for HK $1.4 million ($178,400).
Ayanna Dozier, a staff writer of Artsy, the world's largest online art marketplace, wrote: "For Bozo, the bright graphic style is a way to grab the audience's eye and lure them into a complex, fantastical landscape of creatures inspired by the nursery rhymes and dark humor of his youth. With the current Sotheby's sale, it is not hard to foresee Bozo's successes with Asian and European markets and institutions being replicated in the US."
Deng says: "Though the pandemic is making people's life difficult, Bozo's paintings have been rich and beautiful as always. The vibrant summer is perfect for such an exhibition, especially when the summer break allows children to come to see his paintings. After being visually attracted, they might be more motivated to understand the works."
Du Lingling, a visitor to the exhibition, comments: "Style reveals the artist's character. Bozo's paintings are rich in energy and imagination. They are simple, clumsy and wild, even slightly odd. The figures in his works are naive, romantic, mysterious and cunning at the same time."
