Statement:

Sotheby’s Hong Kong is pleased to present British+Iranian+American artist, Kour Pour’s solo exhibition, Ten Thousand Things & One Suchness. In this highly-anticipated return to Hong Kong, the artist presents 12 new large-scale paintings which draw inspiration from a myriad of sources ranging from Persian miniatures, Japanese ukiyo-e prints, Western abstract painting, Chinese landscape and export paintings, Buddhist sculpture and thangka painting. Pour’s new paintings are exhibited alongside a selection of antiques and treasured objects from across Asia recreating the environment of a bazaar along the Silk Road.///

In this new series of paintings Kour Pour presents the viewer with canvases that come alive with painted figures and objects from across time and geographies, brought together with an irreverent humour underlined by titles such as Namaste (From India to LA), Guardians of the Galaxy and Citipati Party. The ’Suchness’ of the exhibition title refers to the Buddhist term ‘suchness’ or ‘Tathātā’ meaning the essential nature of reality, or the truth of all things. The traditional bordered format of Tibetan thangka paintings merges with the borders of Persian miniature paintings as well as the borders of carpets from cultures across the world.