Artwork Description

Mo Xiong
Flowers, n.d.
ink and watercolour on paper
25.6 x 15.4 in. (65 x 39 cm)

Set against a bold cobalt ground, this composition centres on a bouquet of luminous yellow blossoms rising from a stylised vase decorated with coral-toned floral motifs. The arrangement is further complemented by a group of fruit placed to one side, introducing a secondary point of visual anchoring within the composition.

The artist employs a vigorous painterly vocabulary in which expressive brushwork and dispersed pigment marks generate a sense of continuous visual vibration. The interplay between saturated colour fields and spontaneous gestural marks underscores the work’s dynamic equilibrium between order and improvisation.

Within the broader tradition of still life painting, the work reinterprets familiar motifs—flowers, fruit, and decorative vessels—through a contemporary lens that privileges chromatic intensity and compositional immediacy. The result is a vivid reimagining of a classical genre in a modern idiom.

The work is in very good condition, with well-preserved pigments and a stable paper support. Provenance: documentation can be provided upon request.