News, on November 8, 2023, Christie's "21st Century Art Evening Sale" officially raised the hammer. Jia Aili's "Burning" was estimated at USD 1,000,000-2,000,000, and was hammered down at USD 3,900,000, with USD 4,769,000 plus commission.Approximately 34.71 million yuan, setting a new personal auction record. This is the first work of the "Burning" triptych to be auctioned live. It is alsoJia Aili debuts at live auction in New York, bidding was very active at the New York auction site.The work exceeded the low estimate by 290% and was sold.

Jia Aili was born in Dandong, Liaoning, China in 1979. He currently lives and creates in Beijing. He is a backbone of Chinese contemporary artists. The images he paints are epic and majestic, interweaving everyday scenes, portraits, fantasy and abstract forms. "Burning", which is about to be auctioned for the first time, wanders between abstract painting, surreal landscape painting, figurative painting and genre painting. It is the artist's signature masterpiece in 2016. It also marks the artist’s first time at a live auction in New York.It broke the record of CNY 26,450,000 held by Yongle Auction Beijing's "Unknown Day 2" on May 21, 2021.

About the artist

Born in Dandong, Liaoning, China, he graduated from the Oil Painting Department of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts and is a contemporary Chinese young painter. Born in an academy, he has profound painting skills. His works are usually huge paintings over two meters tall, but they also feature meticulous depictions of textures. His artistic creations have strong personal characteristics and historical background, which fully reflect his reflection on real life and grand social issues. In 2017, he became the second Chinese artist represented by Gagosian Gallery after Zeng Fanzhi.

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