Lot 01
WALEAD BESHTY
Lot 02
Julian OPIE
Lot 03
Louise Bourgeois
Lot 04
ANSELM KIEFER
Lot 05
ANGELA DE LA CRUZ
Lot 06
STERLING RUBY
Lot 07
ZADOK BEN DAVID
Lot 08
SUSAN HILLER
Lot 09
GERRY JUDAH
Lot 10
MICHAL ROVNER
Lot 11
MASSIMO VITALI
Lot 12
ISAAC JULIEN
Lot 13
GEORGE CONDO
Lot 14
YOUNG PERSONS ART CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
Lot 15
ADAM AARONSON
Lot 16
TREVOR APPLESON
Lot 17
JILL BERELOWITZ
Lot 18
VALERIO BERUTTI
Lot 19
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
Lot 20
MATT BRYANS
Lot 21
NATHAN CASH DAVIDSON
Lot 22
MELANIE COMBER
Lot 23
DEXTER DALWOOD
Lot 24
JOHN DUGGER
Lot 25
OLAFUR ELIASSON
Lot 26
HANS PETER FELDMAN
Lot 27
MOSHE GERSHUNI
Lot 28
Lia Anna HENNING
Lot 29
EREZ ISRAELI
Lot 30
Itamar JOBANI
Lot 31
Chantal JOFFE
Lot 32
Lucy JONES
Lot 33
Menashe KADISHMAN
Lot 34
NADAV KANDER
Lot 35
Simon KEENLEYSIDE
Lot 36
Ansel KRUT
Lot 37
GLENN LIGON
Lot 38
Liliane LIJN
Lot 39
Paul McCARTHY
Lot 40
Annie MORRIS
Lot 41
David NASH RA OBE
Lot 42
Rhea O'NEILL
Lot 43
Tom ORMOND
Lot 44
Raul ORTEGA AYALA
Lot 45
Paul PFEIFFER
Lot 46
Sandra SHASHOU
Lot 47
Chiharu SHIOTA
Lot 48
DANIEL SILVER
Lot 49
Henrietta SIMSON
Lot 50
David A. SMITH
Lot 51
David BrIan SMITH
Lot 52
Juergen TELLER
Lot 53
Rachel THORLBY
Lot 54
Michael WHITTLE
Lot 55
Emma WIESLANDER
Lot 56
PAVEL WOLBERG
Lot 57
VICKY WRIGHt
Lot 58
FRANCES YOUNG
Lot 59
MAYA ZACK
Lot 60
GuItING MANOR
Lot 01
WALEAD BESHTY
3 Sided Picture (RBY) January 11th 2007, Valencia, CA, Fujicolor Crystal Archive
Color photographic paper
27.9 x 35.6 cm, 2007
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery (London)
Lot 02
Julian OPIE
Jeremy Walking in Stripey Jumper
Lenticular acrylic in an aluminium frame specified by the artist
Edition 13 of 35, 83.2 x 46.8 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by Wendy Fisher
Lot 03
Louise Bourgeois
Untitled
Double Sided, Watercolour,Ink and Pencil on Paper
61 x 81.3 cm, 2003
ESTIMATE £30,000 - £40,000
Gift of the Louise Bourgeois Trust, courtesy of Cheim & Reid (New York)
Lot 04
ANSELM KIEFER
Merkaba
Mixed media, gouache and paper
112 x 88 cm, 2007
ESTIMATE £60,000 - £80,000
Donated by Anselm Kiefer and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery (Paris - Salzburg)
Lot 05
ANGELA DE LA CRUZ
Mini Nothing (Blue)
Oil on canvas
45 x 35cm approx, 2010
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Lisson Gallery (London)
Lot 06
STERLING RUBY
SP120
Spray paint on canvas
243.8 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £60,000 - £80,000
Donated by Pace Gallery (New York)
Lot 07
ZADOK BEN DAVID
Untitled
Painted stainless steel, perspex. Together as a unique piece edition of 1
110 x 25 x 12cm
, 2010
ESTIMATE £12,000 - £14,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 08
SUSAN HILLER
Twenty-four
24 colour dry prints, unique
25.7 x 38.6 cm each; 161.3 x 161.3 cm overall, 2010
ESTIMATE £10,000 - £14,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Timothy Taylor Gallery (London)
Lot 09
GERRY JUDAH
Untitled
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas
150 x 200 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £10,000 - £15,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 10
MICHAL ROVNER
Pencils
Pure pigment on canvas, Edition 1 of 3 + 1AP
140 x 239 cm, 2009
ESTIMATE £20,000 - £30,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of The Pace Gallery (New York)
Lot 11
MASSIMO VITALI
Coney Water
C-type photograph. Edition 2 of 6
180 x 220 cm, 2006
ESTIMATE £7,000 - £9,000
Donated by the Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery (Rome)
Lot 12
ISAAC JULIEN
Western Union Series no. 11 (Leopard / Afterlife)
Duratrans image in light box
120 x 120 cm, edition 2 of 6 + 1 AP, 2007
ESTIMATE £ 15,000 – £ 18,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Victoria Miro Gallery (London)
Lot 13
GEORGE CONDO
Faces and Expression
Acrylic, chalk & pastel on paper
126.7 x 112.4 cm, 2009
ESTIMATE £20,000 - £30,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery (London)
Lot 14
YOUNG PERSONS ART CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
YOUNG PERSONS ART CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
£300 per scholarship
Lot 15
ADAM AARONSON
Sky of Fire IX
Blown glass vessel with late colouring technique
56 x 20 x 9 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Zest Gallery (London)
Lot 16
TREVOR APPLESON
Still from ‘Dance of Ordinariness’
C-type print, 2 of 5 + 2 AP
121.9 x 154.9 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Hales Gallery (London)
Lot 17
JILL BERELOWITZ
Tree of Life
Bronze, Unique piece
142 x 75 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 18
VALERIO BERUTTI
Hug
Pastel on Linen
66 x 50 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £ 1,000 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery (Turin)
Lot 19
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
The Angry Cat
Drypoint on Paper Signed recto lower right: LB 99 Edition of 16/25 + HC
38.1 x 43.2 cm, 1999
ESTIMATE £4,500 - £5,000
Donated by Hauser & Wirth Gallery (London)
Lot 20
MATT BRYANS
Untitled (collage 9)
Collage on paper
66 x 70 cm, 2006
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Kate MacGarry (London)
Lot 21
NATHAN CASH DAVIDSON
But he was right to do what he did, took the fucking piss like you are
Oil on board
60 x 60 cm, 2009
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £4,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Hannah Barry Gallery (London)
Lot 22
MELANIE COMBER
Civilian
Oil and pigment on canvas
160 x 150 cm, 2008
ESTIMATE £5,000 - £7,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of the Fine Art Society (London)
Lot 23
DEXTER DALWOOD
The Deluge
Ultrachome inkjet digital print. This print is No.2 of 5 AP, from an edition of 25
71.7 x 110 cm, 2007
ESTIMATE £700 - £900
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Alan Cristea Gallery (London)
Lot 24
JOHN DUGGER
Sacred Mountain Banner
Original drawing discharged on cotton fabric
120 x 130 cm, 2004
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by the artist
Lot 25
OLAFUR ELIASSON
Crystal Wall Series
8 silk screens on paper. Edition of 19/90
66.7 x 51.7 cm each / 137.4 x 215.8 cm overall, 1998
ESTIMATE £2,500- £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of the Neugerreimschneider Gallery (Berlin)
Lot 26
HANS PETER FELDMAN
Two Girls with Shadow (2)
Black and white photograph
94 x 61 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery (London)
Lot 27
MOSHE GERSHUNI
Untitled
Watercolour on paper
50 x 65 cm, 2009
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Givon Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 28
Lia Anna HENNING
Salamiscreamdream
Ink on paper
60 x 42 cm, 2007
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy Alexia Goethe Gallery (London)
Lot 29
EREZ ISRAELI
Untitled
Dental plaster, walking stick
26 x 36 x 116 cm , 2010
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Givon Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 30
Itamar JOBANI
Nimrod
Plywood. Edition 5 of 6
54.6 x 22.9 x 30.5 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery (New York)
Lot 31
Chantal JOFFE
Katherine 1
Oil on canvas
60 x 30 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £6,000 - £8,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Victoria Miro (London)
Lot 32
Lucy JONES
Landscape IV
Oil on canvas
60 x 70 cm, 1998
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Flowers Gallery (London)
Lot 33
Menashe KADISHMAN
White Head
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm, 2005
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 34
NADAV KANDER
Xiling Gorge I, Hubei Province
Chromogenic colour print. Unique AP in this size.
Edition of 13 in 3 different sizes
96.5 x 147 cm, 2007
ESTIMATE £3,000 - £4,000
Donated by the artist courtesy of Flowers Gallery (London)
Lot 35
Simon KEENLEYSIDE
In the faded forest
Oil on Canvas
170 x 196 cm, 2008
ESTIMATE £5,000- £7,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Rokeby (London)
Lot 36
Ansel KRUT
Brain with Bottles
Oil on Canvas
50 x 69.5 cm,
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £5,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Stuart Shave Modern Art (London)
Lot 37
GLENN LIGON
Untitled
Set of 2 photogravures, Edition 1 of 20 + 5 APs
Image size: 25.4 x 35.3 cm, Paper size: 39.8 x 48.9 cm, 2008
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery (London)
Lot 38
Liliane LIJN
Striped Koans/ Koan Mountains
Ceramic (6 pieces), Ceramica Rometti
78 x 26 x 3.5 cm, 65 x 18 x 3 cm, 56 x 19 x 2.8 cm, 50 x 11 x 2.5 cm, 40 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 31 x 0.9 x 2 cm, edition 2/30 (each edition set is of 6 hand thrown and painted cones) , 2009
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Riflemaker Gallery (London)
Lot 39
Paul McCARTHY
Brancusi Tree (silver)
Self inflatable Nylar fabric, one integrated fan
190 x 90 cm, edition 57/75 + 20AP, 2007
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by Hauser & Wirth (London)
Lot 40
Annie MORRIS
Stack With Orange
Pigment, plaster jesmonite and latex, concrete and aluminium
Size Variable, 2010
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 41
David NASH RA OBE
Ash Dome (16)
Pastel on paper
71 x 90 cm, 2002
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Annely Juda Fine Art (London)
Lot 42
Rhea O'NEILL
Powerhouse
Oil on canvas
122 x 127 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art (London)
Lot 43
Tom ORMOND
From the Ground Up
Oil on linen
61 x 45.7 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £2,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Alison Jacques Gallery (London)
Lot 44
Raul ORTEGA AYALA
Exegesis Florilegium IV (After Emanuel Sweerts 1612 Florilegium)
collage on cotton paper
30 x 21 cm, 2008
ESTIMATE £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Rokeby (London)
Lot 45
Paul PFEIFFER
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (08)
1 of 50 + 8 AP Digital C-print
76.2 x 55.9 cm, 2003
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by the artist courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery (London)
Lot 46
Sandra SHASHOU
Eye Portrait, Torn Series
Oil on Canvas and embroidery
105 x 125 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 47
Chiharu SHIOTA
Trauma/Alltag (Binoculars)
Steel frame, thread, pair of binoculars
30 x 30 x 30 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £3,000 - £4,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Haunch of Venison (London)
Lot 48
DANIEL SILVER
Untitled
Soap stone, wood
176 x 46 x 33 cm, 2006
ESTIMATE £6,000 - £8,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of IBID Projects (London)
Lot 49
Henrietta SIMSON
Riccardi Pan No 2
Panoramic photograph on acetate
135 x 40 cm, edition 2/3, 2008
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Man & Eve (London)
Lot 50
David A. SMITH
Thief
Rigid foam, taxidermy, form, red neon light, mdf, enamel paint
106 x 100 x 34 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 51
David BrIan SMITH
The Birthday Party - February 25th
Oil on Canvas
190 x 160 cm, 2008
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Carl Freedman Gallery (London)
Lot 52
Juergen TELLER
Stephanie on Puppy - Connecticut
C-type photograph
51 x 61 cm, edition 117/200 (signed, dated and numbered on the reverse), 2002
ESTIMATE £400 - £600
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Counter Editions (London)
Lot 53
Rachel THORLBY
Paradise Found II
Cardboard box, papier mache, oil paint
45 x 40 x 30 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Madder 139 (London)
Lot 54
Michael WHITTLE
Accelerator
ink on paper
102 x 120 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £1,200 - £1,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Man & Eve (London)
Lot 55
Emma WIESLANDER
To Fit a View
C-type print
70 x 70 cm, 1/5 + 2AP, 2009
ESTIMATE £700 - £900
Donated by the artist
Lot 56
PAVEL WOLBERG
Nahal Oz
Black and white photograph, Edition 5/5
74.5 x 235.5 cm, 2008
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Dvir Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 57
VICKY WRIGHt
Guardian XLVIII
oil on panel
126 x 90 cm, 2010
ESTIMATE £5,000 - £7,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Josh Lilley Gallery (London)
Lot 58
FRANCES YOUNG
Song of Farewell
PAL DVD (4:3) Colour with stereo sound. 4 minutes 58 seconds. Intended for viewing as a video projection on continuous loop
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Madder 139 (London)
Lot 59
MAYA ZACK
Living Room 2
Printed visualisation: anaglyph (3D)
60 x 150 cm, edition 1/1 (special), 2009
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Alon Segev Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 60
GuItING MANOR
A relaxing weekend at a stunning Manor House in the Cotswolds
Date to be arranged
ESTIMATE £2000
Donated by Steven Collins
Lot 01
WALEAD BESHTY
Walead Beshty's photograms are realized camera-less and negative-less. Going back to photography's early ages of experiments, Beshty creates unique images by folding, curling, crumpling or shaping photographic paper and exposing it to different intensities of light. While in the dark room, the artist operates blindly and opens his work to intuition, chance and accidents.
3 Sided Picture (RBY) January 11th 2007, Valencia, CA, Fujicolor Crystal Archive
27.9 x 35.6 cm, 2007
Color photographic paper
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery (London)
Lot 02
Julian OPIE
Opie digitally manipulates his photographs of people and constructs his images by a process of elimination and distillation, drawing from influences as diverse as billboard signs, 18th Century portraiture, popular comics and Japanese woodblock prints.
He ‘paints’ using a vast array of media and technologies. He has recently shown in Valencia, Braga and Istanbul and has a Print Retrospective in 2011 in London
Jeremy is one of Opie’s studio assistants.
He ‘paints’ using a vast array of media and technologies. He has recently shown in Valencia, Braga and Istanbul and has a Print Retrospective in 2011 in London
Jeremy is one of Opie’s studio assistants.
Jeremy Walking in Stripey Jumper
Edition 13 of 35, 83.2 x 46.8 cm, 2010
Lenticular acrylic in an aluminium frame specified by the artist
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by Wendy Fisher
Lot 03
Louise Bourgeois
"The figures hold on to each other. Nothing will separate them. Despite all our handicaps, we hold on to each other. It si really the Other that interests me. It is an optimistic view."
Louise wasn't referring to this particular piece, but the meaning still applies.
Untitled
61 x 81.3 cm, 2003
Double Sided, Watercolour,Ink and Pencil on Paper
ESTIMATE £30,000 - £40,000
Gift of the Louise Bourgeois Trust, courtesy of Cheim & Reid (New York)
Lot 04
ANSELM KIEFER
Kiefer’s series of works, Merkaba, in which he depicts stairs or series of steps, are inspired by Kabbalist literature dealing primarily with the afterlife. The stairs refer to Merkabah mysticism and Kabala philosophy, representing the ascent up to seven heavenly temples that can be attained through the use of a mystical chariot or Merkaba. Often, the depicted stairs are sculptures, which Kiefer has moulded in concrete, covered with snow and then photographed. He depicts stairs associated with numbers placed in seemingly spiral or snail-shaped construction - reminding us of the parallels between science and the arts.
Merkaba
112 x 88 cm, 2007
Mixed media, gouache and paper
ESTIMATE £60,000 - £80,000
Donated by Anselm Kiefer and Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery (Paris - Salzburg)
Lot 05
ANGELA DE LA CRUZ
“Mini Nothings are made from leftovers of the Deflated paintings. I think every painting that already fulfilled every possibility (that) cannot be any other thing is a Mini Nothing.I chose blue because it is a colour that defines my work and also I think I use a lot of colours that are in fashion at the moment. I made a series called Nothing in small, medium and large - again the size is a reference to fashion. But these Mini Nothings are different because they are completely recycled from another work. Mini Nothing is a crumpled canvas like a piece of paper. It can be displayed on a table because of its size, every painting of mine could end up as a Mini Nothing.”
Angela De La Cruz has been nominated for the 2010 Turner Prize.
Angela De La Cruz has been nominated for the 2010 Turner Prize.
Mini Nothing (Blue)
45 x 35cm approx, 2010
Oil on canvas
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Lisson Gallery (London)
Lot 06
STERLING RUBY
Sterling Ruby has come to be known internationally for his work in a large variety of media including sculpture, ceramics, video, collage, photography, and painting. The artist uses industrial spray paint to create his graffiti inspired abstract canvases. Throughout his practice the artist translates urban acts of demarcation and defacing into sublime metaphors of transcendence. SP120, with its acid green and neon pinks, suggests an ominous horizon or dead field, while remaining ultimately illusory.
SP120
243.8 x 213.4 x 5.1 cm, 2010
Spray paint on canvas
ESTIMATE £60,000 - £80,000
Donated by Pace Gallery (New York)
Lot 07
ZADOK BEN DAVID
Ben David's human shadow figures are constructed to create aggregates of otherness, with a certain ambiguity the silhouetted human images are revealed referencing landscapes from nature and blood vessels within the body.
His work is currently on view at exhibitions which include, Roundabout, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand until 11 January 2011, and Ten Monumental British Sculptures, Vilamoura, Portugal until September 2011.
Untitled
110 x 25 x 12cm
, 2010
Painted stainless steel, perspex. Together as a unique piece edition of 1
ESTIMATE £12,000 - £14,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 08
SUSAN HILLER
Hiller’s ‘rough sea’ works focus on exploring the complex relationships between painting and photography that she first analyzed in ‘Dedicated to the Unknown Artists’ (1972-76). In ‘Twenty-four’, she has coloured and re-photographed 24 monochrome postcards. Referring to her meeting with Marcel Broodthaers in 1972, about working with postcards and his film ‘Voyage on the North Sea’, “in this series of works I have honoured his use of unexpected repetitions to undermine an apparent orderly sequence, and his application of ‘unnatural’ colour to complicate any simple idea of realistic depiction.”
Hiller is Guest Curator in the Israel Museum until January 2011, and is having a major Tate exhibition in early 2011.
Hiller is Guest Curator in the Israel Museum until January 2011, and is having a major Tate exhibition in early 2011.
Twenty-four
25.7 x 38.6 cm each; 161.3 x 161.3 cm overall, 2010
24 colour dry prints, unique
ESTIMATE £10,000 - £14,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Timothy Taylor Gallery (London)
Lot 09
GERRY JUDAH
Judah’s paintings concern the rupture of places, lives and architecture caused by conflict and environmental catastrophe. He recreates his scenes of decimation from scores of miniature buildings which are systematically destroyed after fixing them onto canvas. The accumulated ‘rubble’, and sea of empty canvas on which it floats, is lacquered with layers of acrylic gesso to create ‘white on white’ paintings.
In 1999 Judah created a large work for the Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum London. He recently installed ‘The Crusader’, a major commission at the IWMN, Manchester.
Untitled
150 x 200 cm, 2010
Mixed media and acrylic on canvas
ESTIMATE £10,000 - £15,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 10
MICHAL ROVNER
Rovner has had fifty solo exhibitions and represented Israel at the 2003 Venice Biennale. She created a 40’ high permanent video installation at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem.
The artist will have a solo exhibition at the Louvre, Paris, in 2011 and has just received the prestigious Chevalier (Knight) medallion this year in recognition of her significant contributions to the arts in France.
In 2004 Rover went to a remote oil field in Kazakhstan and filmed the jet of flame, which shoots from the tops of oil rig smokestacks. She utilized the undulated contours of the flame and composed a series of works, the central piece is ‘Fields of Fire’, which is a 10 metre video installation. “For me the work has to do with a situation, which is not stable even for one second, and its consistency is expressed in an endless, unstoppable tension between what is predicted and what seems to be unknown.”
Pencils
140 x 239 cm, 2009
Pure pigment on canvas, Edition 1 of 3 + 1AP
ESTIMATE £20,000 - £30,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of The Pace Gallery (New York)
Lot 11
MASSIMO VITALI
Coney Water is part of Massimo Vitali's first beach series shot in America in 2006. Here the artist focuses his view on the shores of New York, where the tide of humanity meets the wilds of the ocean. The large format images allow Vitali to delve into the reality of the scene, thus truthfully illustrating the details of social behavior.
The eagerly awaited volume Natural Habitats, will be published by Steidl in November 2010.
The eagerly awaited volume Natural Habitats, will be published by Steidl in November 2010.
Coney Water
180 x 220 cm, 2006
C-type photograph. Edition 2 of 6
ESTIMATE £7,000 - £9,000
Donated by the Brancolini Grimaldi Gallery (Rome)
Lot 12
ISAAC JULIEN
This lightbox is an image from his audio-visual installation ‘Western Union: Small Boats’ that furthers Julien’s exploration of issues surrounding human migration. The installation juxtaposes the clandestine journey made by North African migrants, the picturesque Sicilian village of Agrigento, and the grandeur of the Palazzo Gangi (whose ballroom is shown in the lightbox), where Visconti shot his cinematic masterpiece ‘The Leopard’. Julien uses this image in the context of his film as emblematic of desire, transition and historical displacement. He sees the work as a ‘memento mori’, employing the qualities of a modern history painting.
Western Union Series no. 11 (Leopard / Afterlife)
120 x 120 cm, edition 2 of 6 + 1 AP, 2007
Duratrans image in light box
ESTIMATE £ 15,000 – £ 18,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Victoria Miro Gallery (London)
Lot 13
GEORGE CONDO
This multilayered and expressive painting on paper is an exemplary piece. Here George Condo collides his lifelong exploration of the human form with his love of the art historical. The artist deftly combines the distortions of cubism with the loaded symbolism of Surrealism to create a psychologically rich portrait.
Faces and Expression
126.7 x 112.4 cm, 2009
Acrylic, chalk & pastel on paper
ESTIMATE £20,000 - £30,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery (London)
Lot 14
YOUNG PERSONS ART CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
Sponsor an underprivileged youth to participate in Art Classes at the Museum.
Both the Ruth Youth Wing at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem and the Art Education Centre at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art run art classes for children and teenagers throughout the year. These children then bring their families to the museums and many go on to train for careers in the arts.
In order that talented children from disadvantaged backgrounds can take advantage of this opportunity, we hope that you will consider sponsoring a child.
YOUNG PERSONS ART CLASS SCHOLARSHIP
£300 per scholarship
Lot 15
ADAM AARONSON
‘Recently I have been developing shapes that act as raw canvas for the surface imagery. I am inspired by the ceaseless mutability of light on the landscape, the sky and on water. The making process has parallels in enamelling, ceramic glazing, printing and painting.
Everything happens with the glass on the iron between 500-1100 degrees, using powdered glass colours laid out on a steel table, the hot glass vessel which has been covered in silver leaf is rolled over the powders’.
Everything happens with the glass on the iron between 500-1100 degrees, using powdered glass colours laid out on a steel table, the hot glass vessel which has been covered in silver leaf is rolled over the powders’.
Sky of Fire IX
56 x 20 x 9 cm, 2010
Blown glass vessel with late colouring technique
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Zest Gallery (London)
Lot 16
TREVOR APPLESON
Appleson’s new film is based on the Victorian photographer Eadweard Muybridge’s famous collotype sequence of human figures in motion. Working in direct response to Muybridge’s iconic photography ‘I started considering the ways in which this might function in my own work, and began to think about introducing a kind of simple choreography of the everyday’.
Still from ‘Dance of Ordinariness’
121.9 x 154.9 cm, 2010
C-type print, 2 of 5 + 2 AP
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Hales Gallery (London)
Lot 17
JILL BERELOWITZ
Cast in bronze from real apple branches, then composed into a new form ‘Tree of Life’ draws deep archaic meaning from the biblical story of The Garden of Eden.
Outstretched bodies reach up and intermingle with the branches in a celebration of life that depicts the joyful human spirit as fully interdependent with nature.
Outstretched bodies reach up and intermingle with the branches in a celebration of life that depicts the joyful human spirit as fully interdependent with nature.
Tree of Life
142 x 75 cm, 2010
Bronze, Unique piece
ESTIMATE £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 18
VALERIO BERUTTI
In his figures Berruti ferrets out the essential, using simple lines, a colour contrast between solid and void, working quickly. He seeks out the minimal perimeter of the individual, the subtle boundary where matter rarefies to reveal the soul, this nucleus of energy emanates the iconic power his work often achieves.
Hug
66 x 50 cm, 2010
Pastel on Linen
ESTIMATE £ 1,000 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery (Turin)
Lot 19
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
Louise Bourgeois first started with printmaking in the 1940s. In the 1980s and 90s print publishers such as Peter Blum and Ben Schiff inspired several projects. In 1989 she was introduced to Felix Harlan and Carol Weaver, and a long working relationship began. They published more than 25 individual prints and 3 print portfolios, including the work ‘The Angry Cat’ from 1999. Louise Bourgeois has produced intensely personal art, and her printed work examines on an intimate scale many of the same personal and artistic concerns as in her sculpture.
The Angry Cat
38.1 x 43.2 cm, 1999
Drypoint on Paper Signed recto lower right: LB 99 Edition of 16/25 + HC
ESTIMATE £4,500 - £5,000
Donated by Hauser & Wirth Gallery (London)
Lot 20
MATT BRYANS
Bryans lives and works in Finland. His collage derives from photographs cut out of newspapers which are erased of their documentary clarity they pictorially speak of shifts of tone and colour rather than specific events. He is interested in the media’s tendency to flatten the individual’s experience, and in turn, figurative representation is loosened into suggestive atmosphere.
Untitled (collage 9)
66 x 70 cm, 2006
Collage on paper
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Kate MacGarry (London)
Lot 21
NATHAN CASH DAVIDSON
Nathan Cash's work combines narrative flair with a painterly technique that aspires to the Old Masters in its physicality and impasto. In this painting, a patterned configuration of shapes, tones and colours provides the backdrop for an enigmatic human drama. Where the images came from and what they are doing is not important as such, that is for the viewer to decide.
But he was right to do what he did, took the fucking piss like you are
60 x 60 cm, 2009
Oil on board
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £4,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Hannah Barry Gallery (London)
Lot 22
MELANIE COMBER
“I don’t believe I am a landscape painter. My interest lies in the depiction of a space gained within a personal experience. I deliberately seek out empty places which are often hard to access, and look for ways to negotiate and describe them. I am fascinated by the play between the illusionistic photographic quality that I can achieve with the paint. I have made these ...using clay modelling tools as instruments to draw and manipulate the oil paint.”
Comber will be exhibiting at The Fine Art Society in Spring 2011.
Comber will be exhibiting at The Fine Art Society in Spring 2011.
Civilian
160 x 150 cm, 2008
Oil and pigment on canvas
ESTIMATE £5,000 - £7,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of the Fine Art Society (London)
Lot 23
DEXTER DALWOOD
Dalwood’s works depict imagined and constructed interiors or landscapes, usually devoid of figures, that act as memorials or descriptions of various historic people, places or moments. They draw on an idea of ‘History Painting’ as a genre and the quotations, allusions and references can be elusive and highly codified.
Dexter Dalwood has been nominated for the 2010 Turner Prize for his solo exhibition at Tate St Ives.
Dexter Dalwood has been nominated for the 2010 Turner Prize for his solo exhibition at Tate St Ives.
The Deluge
71.7 x 110 cm, 2007
Ultrachome inkjet digital print. This print is No.2 of 5 AP, from an edition of 25
ESTIMATE £700 - £900
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Alan Cristea Gallery (London)
Lot 24
JOHN DUGGER
Dugger’s ‘Mountain Banner’ series was made on a climbing trip to Mount Shasta in the Northern Californian cascade range. It is a true ‘Sacred Mountain’ – hence it’s title – and this banner was uniquely made in shades of blue as a homage to the ‘little blue mountainscapes’ of the classical paintings of the Renaissance.
Dugger has made banner’s for the Queen at Buckingham Palace, GLC, Oracle, American Himalayan Foundation and he was Banner Maker for the Dalai Lama. He is in many international collections including Tate, The Arts Council and The Government Art Collection.
Dugger has made banner’s for the Queen at Buckingham Palace, GLC, Oracle, American Himalayan Foundation and he was Banner Maker for the Dalai Lama. He is in many international collections including Tate, The Arts Council and The Government Art Collection.
Sacred Mountain Banner
120 x 130 cm, 2004
Original drawing discharged on cotton fabric
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by the artist
Lot 25
OLAFUR ELIASSON
This work, as in all of Olafur Eliasson's photography, was conceived in Iceland. The photo series, Crystal Wall Series, shows various rock formations in a cave in Iceland, that Eliasson photographed. The artist then painted the photographs and printed them using a screen printing method.
Crystal Wall Series
66.7 x 51.7 cm each / 137.4 x 215.8 cm overall, 1998
8 silk screens on paper. Edition of 19/90
ESTIMATE £2,500- £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of the Neugerreimschneider Gallery (Berlin)
Lot 26
HANS PETER FELDMAN
Hans-Peter Feldmann has been a major figure in the conceptual art movement since the 1970s . The core of his method is the appropriation, ordering and re-presentation of photographic images and everyday objects, re-asserting their value and through their re-contextualisation, re-defining their meaning.
‘Two Girls with Shadow’ featured as the poster image for the Malmo Konsthall exhibition, 2010 and in his current exhibition at the Reina Sofía, Madrid. It reveals his fascination with the beguiling relationship between people, objects and images, for which the shadow becomes a potent symbol. It is a theme that is seen most fully in his installation Shadow Play, which was included in ‘Fare Mondi’, at the Venice Biennale, 2009.
‘Two Girls with Shadow’ featured as the poster image for the Malmo Konsthall exhibition, 2010 and in his current exhibition at the Reina Sofía, Madrid. It reveals his fascination with the beguiling relationship between people, objects and images, for which the shadow becomes a potent symbol. It is a theme that is seen most fully in his installation Shadow Play, which was included in ‘Fare Mondi’, at the Venice Biennale, 2009.
Two Girls with Shadow (2)
94 x 61 cm, 2010
Black and white photograph
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Simon Lee Gallery (London)
Lot 27
MOSHE GERSHUNI
One of Israel's most significant artists, Gershuni has been at the forefront of Israel's 'Concept- Expressionism'. The artist initially worked within the minimalist tradition, moving currently to a hipper Abstractionism. Collective and personal memory are evoked, expressing his deeply rooted cultural influences.
Gershuni's Retrospective (curated by Sara Breitberg- Semel) at the Tel Aviv Museum opens in November 2010.
Untitled
50 x 65 cm, 2009
Watercolour on paper
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Givon Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 28
Lia Anna HENNING
This piece is one of a series of drawings all based on a hybrid dog-wolf character. The anthropomorphized creature is wearing a rococo inspired dress, which could be one with the being itself. The boundaries between decorative elements and inner body or nature-like patterns aren’t clear - inside and outside become one. The title refers to long, sophisticated and promising names given to food dishes, which are meant to seduce and capture the consumer.¨
Salamiscreamdream
60 x 42 cm, 2007
Ink on paper
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy Alexia Goethe Gallery (London)
Lot 29
EREZ ISRAELI
Israeli’s art confronts representations of death and beauty, pain and desire, while touching issues that strongly connect to one’s identity, immortalization and oblivion. He focuses on the expression of heroism, pushed to the margins of the art dialogue.
A student at Bezalel Academy, he has exhibited in the Tel Aviv, Haifa and Israel Museums. He recently won the Dan Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award (TAMA).
Untitled
26 x 36 x 116 cm , 2010
Dental plaster, walking stick
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Givon Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 30
Itamar JOBANI
“The reduction of monumental landscapes to human dimensions endows them with a physical and erotic aspect that continues to haunt me.”
The encounter between the human figure and the topographical model enables the artist to speak about man as earth and earth as man. This particular figure depicts Nimrod who realized many of the Zionist ideals as a mighty hunter and a figure with a strong body that can’t fight back.
The encounter between the human figure and the topographical model enables the artist to speak about man as earth and earth as man. This particular figure depicts Nimrod who realized many of the Zionist ideals as a mighty hunter and a figure with a strong body that can’t fight back.
Nimrod
54.6 x 22.9 x 30.5 cm, 2010
Plywood. Edition 5 of 6
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Andrea Meislin Gallery (New York)
Lot 31
Chantal JOFFE
Chantal Joffe’s distinct style of painting offers an uncompromising sense of strength, complexity and momentum to the predominantly female figures she portrays. Her women resist any determined narrative and it is their ability to express at once both strength and fragility that distinguishes Joffe’s work and gives impetus to the psychological relationship she negotiates between the women and their viewers.
Katherine was eight months pregnant when Joffe painted her, a time of anxiety mixed with hopeful expectation.
Katherine was eight months pregnant when Joffe painted her, a time of anxiety mixed with hopeful expectation.
Katherine 1
60 x 30 cm, 2010
Oil on canvas
ESTIMATE £6,000 - £8,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Victoria Miro (London)
Lot 32
Lucy JONES
Jones graduated from the RCA in 1982 where she was awarded the Rome Scholarship for Painting. She had her first solo show at Flowers Gallery in 1986 and has gone on to show internationally. Renowned for her vibrant use of colour, she paints almost exclusively either self-portraits or landscapes.
She has works in numerous public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Arts Council Collection.
She has works in numerous public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Arts Council Collection.
Landscape IV
60 x 70 cm, 1998
Oil on canvas
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Flowers Gallery (London)
Lot 33
Menashe KADISHMAN
One of Israel’s most internationally famous artists, Kadishman studied as a minimalist sculptor in London, later becoming a pioneer of conceptual art in the late sixties. His early work was well-represented by the the Haus Lange Museum exhibition in Krefeld in 1971-2.
His later appearance at the 1978 Venice Biennale as a shepherd with live sheep emphasised the importance to him of bringing Nature back into the gallery space. The present stage of Kadishman’s work confronts the tenderness between rough, industrial materials and human feelings. The sheep has become a symbol representing human sacrifice.
His later appearance at the 1978 Venice Biennale as a shepherd with live sheep emphasised the importance to him of bringing Nature back into the gallery space. The present stage of Kadishman’s work confronts the tenderness between rough, industrial materials and human feelings. The sheep has become a symbol representing human sacrifice.
White Head
100 x 100 cm, 2005
Oil on canvas
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 34
NADAV KANDER
Born in Tel Aviv and now living in London, Nadav Kander has received numerous international awards. Most recently he won the prestigious ‘Prix Pictet’, included in the short list for which were, Andreas Gursky, Ed Burtnsky and Ed Kashi amongst others.
Last year, he was awarded the ‘Lucie Award’ for best international photographer. He is a regular contributor to many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, for whom he recently documented ‘Obama’s People’, an entire edition of the magazine being devoted to Nadav’s photographs of Obama’s inaugural administration.
Last year, he was awarded the ‘Lucie Award’ for best international photographer. He is a regular contributor to many publications, including The New York Times Magazine, for whom he recently documented ‘Obama’s People’, an entire edition of the magazine being devoted to Nadav’s photographs of Obama’s inaugural administration.
Xiling Gorge I, Hubei Province
96.5 x 147 cm, 2007
Chromogenic colour print. Unique AP in this size.
Edition of 13 in 3 different sizes
ESTIMATE £3,000 - £4,000
Donated by the artist courtesy of Flowers Gallery (London)
Lot 35
Simon KEENLEYSIDE
Working within the heroic tradition of British landscape painting, Keenleyside continues to explore the familiar surroundings of Essex, where he grew up and lives. Returning to two specific locations; the backwaters and tributaries of the Thames and small woodlands that he discovered and explored as a child, he depicts these places with an ability that discloses the mystery and ambiguity surrounding them and the desires and anxieties that accompany him during his trips.
In the faded forest
170 x 196 cm, 2008
Oil on Canvas
ESTIMATE £5,000- £7,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Rokeby (London)
Lot 36
Ansel KRUT
Casting a host of displaced objects embodied with features and infused with personality, the abject portraiture of Ansel Krut revels in the absurd. This particular piece is a painting about alcohol. “I can not drink it, it goes straight to my head. In that sense, this is a very straightforward painting – the bottles are being empties directly into the brain.”
Brain with Bottles
50 x 69.5 cm,
Oil on Canvas
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £5,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Stuart Shave Modern Art (London)
Lot 37
GLENN LIGON
This diptych of photogravures by Glenn Ligon was taken from his 16mm film ‘The Death of Tom’. In this work, Ligon sought to recreate the final scene from ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ 1903 adaptation by Edwin S. Porter.
As he was developing the footage he discovered the film had been damages and blurred but decided to use it anyway and by doing so, re-emphasized its nostalgic imperfections and melancholy, adding a specially commissioned ‘Vaudeville’ score by the jazz pianist Jason Moran.
Untitled
Image size: 25.4 x 35.3 cm, Paper size: 39.8 x 48.9 cm, 2008
Set of 2 photogravures, Edition 1 of 20 + 5 APs
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery (London)
Lot 38
Liliane LIJN
Lijn has created sculptures around the form of the cone since the 60s. This body of work, within her whole practice, is subject to huge variety and subtlety. To create each edition of ‘Mountain Koans’, multiple layers of colour are laid on the Koan as it revolves at a high speed. Finished and taken off the turntable, the cones still appear to be spinning. One is seeing the traces of motion on the surface.
A Koan is the Japanese word for a riddle given to novice buddhist monks. Pondering the insoluble paradox is a path to a clear mind, a path up the mountain.
A Koan is the Japanese word for a riddle given to novice buddhist monks. Pondering the insoluble paradox is a path to a clear mind, a path up the mountain.
Striped Koans/ Koan Mountains
78 x 26 x 3.5 cm, 65 x 18 x 3 cm, 56 x 19 x 2.8 cm, 50 x 11 x 2.5 cm, 40 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 31 x 0.9 x 2 cm, edition 2/30 (each edition set is of 6 hand thrown and painted cones) , 2009
Ceramic (6 pieces), Ceramica Rometti
ESTIMATE £3,500 - £4,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Riflemaker Gallery (London)
Lot 39
Paul McCARTHY
Paul McCarthy's inflatable sculpture, 'Brancusi Tree (silver)', examines crucial themes and issues central to the artist's working practice; the very nature of sculpture as a historic genre is called to question, as the light, impermanent 'Tree' bears no formal resemblance to the heavy, sturdy, and permanent works of art that are generally considered sculpture.
In this work, McCarthy also plays with the formal relationship between a butt plug and a tree, an amusing and subversive insight, as noteworthy as the butt plug's unexpectedly modernistic, Brancusi-like perfection.
In this work, McCarthy also plays with the formal relationship between a butt plug and a tree, an amusing and subversive insight, as noteworthy as the butt plug's unexpectedly modernistic, Brancusi-like perfection.
Brancusi Tree (silver)
190 x 90 cm, edition 57/75 + 20AP, 2007
Self inflatable Nylar fabric, one integrated fan
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by Hauser & Wirth (London)
Lot 40
Annie MORRIS
“This work is a reflection of an abstract painting that has been deconstructed to make a three dimensional tower of colours. For me it is like unravelling the content and stacking it to create a portrait of memories.”
Stack With Orange
Size Variable, 2010
Pigment, plaster jesmonite and latex, concrete and aluminium
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 41
David NASH RA OBE
“My sculpture concern is about the relationship of object to its particular location, and relevance to that location”. The most celebrated of Nash’s ‘growing works’ is Ash Dome, a ring of trees established in 1977 as an exploration of enclosing space through living material. The Dome was suggested by the nearby hills of his studio in Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales, where he grew the ash saplings. The Ash Dome has been often documented, capturing its growth and appearance in different seasons and weather.
Ash Dome (16)
71 x 90 cm, 2002
Pastel on paper
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Annely Juda Fine Art (London)
Lot 42
Rhea O'NEILL
My work is an exploration and critical look at where notions of romanticism appear from and how they manifest themselves within our subconscious. My interest lies in myth and tradition and how this influences our viewing of landscapes. Power House is an unabashed painting of the sun as creator and destroyer, it turns from emanating to sucking, drawing in. It is our environment unfenced and unboxed, becoming overseer and master.
Powerhouse
122 x 127 cm, 2010
Oil on canvas
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Rollo Contemporary Art (London)
Lot 43
Tom ORMOND
Ormond created this work following his visit to Paolo Soleri’s experimental ‘urban laboratory’ project, Arcosanti, in the high desert of Arizona. The painting relays the convergence of his idealized preconceptions of this Utopian place – minimizing the use of raw materials while reducing waste. His painting is a study of both the physical structures of the radical, experimental architecture of the buildings’ interiors and the actual effect they have on the community which dwells within them.
From the Ground Up
61 x 45.7 cm, 2010
Oil on linen
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £2,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Alison Jacques Gallery (London)
Lot 44
Raul ORTEGA AYALA
Ortega Ayala focuses on varied habitual themes which he explores through a detailed and absorptive process. He uses the materials and experiences that he encounters to produce works which the artist calls — souvenirs. Through positioning himself as a practicing gardener he covertly undertook research, enabling him to take this culture as his subject.
Exegesis Florilegium X (After Emanuel Sweerts 1612 Florilegium) is a collage from a series which uses Emanuel Sweerts Florilegium, a compilation of flower drawings, made in 1612 as its starting point. In Ortega Ayala’s contemporary version invented flowers are created from the originals.
Exegesis Florilegium X (After Emanuel Sweerts 1612 Florilegium) is a collage from a series which uses Emanuel Sweerts Florilegium, a compilation of flower drawings, made in 1612 as its starting point. In Ortega Ayala’s contemporary version invented flowers are created from the originals.
Exegesis Florilegium IV (After Emanuel Sweerts 1612 Florilegium)
30 x 21 cm, 2008
collage on cotton paper
ESTIMATE £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Rokeby (London)
Lot 45
Paul PFEIFFER
In his ‘Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ series, Paul Pfeiffer has altered source material ranging from Marilyn Monroe’s last photo-shoot to photographs of NBA basketball games. As part of a wider reflection on the creation, manipulation and mass-dissmination of images, the artist has strategically erased key components from the picture and invented a complete re-edit. In this example, the lone ‘saint-like’ figure of the jumping player becomes evocatively isolated within the immensity of the arena.
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (08)
76.2 x 55.9 cm, 2003
1 of 50 + 8 AP Digital C-print
ESTIMATE £1,000 - £1,500
Donated by the artist courtesy of Thomas Dane Gallery (London)
Lot 46
Sandra SHASHOU
A recent development in Shashou’s work represents the coming together of her interest in abstraction with her passion for portraiture. In the Eye Portraits she has worked over an existing portrait to gradually reduce attention to the face as a whole, concentrating solely on the subject’s eye seen against a background of abstract, monochrome paint.
Shashou’s recent shows include a group show at the Royal Collage, a solo show at her studio, a large work in this Summer's Elephant Parade and inclusion in Phillips de Pury's SEX sale.
Shashou’s recent shows include a group show at the Royal Collage, a solo show at her studio, a large work in this Summer's Elephant Parade and inclusion in Phillips de Pury's SEX sale.
Eye Portrait, Torn Series
105 x 125 cm, 2010
Oil on Canvas and embroidery
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 47
Chiharu SHIOTA
“The creation with threads is a reflection of my own feelings. A thread is a cut or a knot, a loop or it is loose or sometimes tangled. A thread can be replaced by feeling or human relationships. When using it, I do not know how to lie. If I weave something and it turns out to be ugly, twisted, or knotted, then such must have been my feelings when I was working.
The binoculars are used to see things further away, but because of the threads you cannot see through it. This forces you to look inside instead of somewhere else. What you cannot see is more important. Just by looking through the binoculars you cannot see anything.”
The binoculars are used to see things further away, but because of the threads you cannot see through it. This forces you to look inside instead of somewhere else. What you cannot see is more important. Just by looking through the binoculars you cannot see anything.”
Trauma/Alltag (Binoculars)
30 x 30 x 30 cm, 2010
Steel frame, thread, pair of binoculars
ESTIMATE £3,000 - £4,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Haunch of Venison (London)
Lot 48
DANIEL SILVER
Daniel has a playful and experimental approach to using different materials, while his practice has a strong link to traditional sculpture. The head in this piece was made in Zimbabwe where he collaborated with local craftsman. The stone was chosen in a quarry there. This work was part of Silver's solo show, 'Heads', at Camden Arts centre in 2007. He has created a new base for the piece.
Untitled
176 x 46 x 33 cm, 2006
Soap stone, wood
ESTIMATE £6,000 - £8,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of IBID Projects (London)
Lot 49
Henrietta SIMSON
“This panoramic photograph was taken inside the Capella di Magi in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence and shows Benozzo Gozzoli’s frescoes of 1459-1461 that depict the journey of the three Magi to Bethlehem. My work reinterprets historical depictions of landscape space and the visual systems used to create it, in order to question the ideological limits set by perspectival and photographic vision and to generate new dynamics within the visual field.”
Simson currently has a painting in the John Moores Painting Prize, and a photographic projection in the Liverpool Bienniale. She is studying for her PhD at the Slade School of Art.
Simson currently has a painting in the John Moores Painting Prize, and a photographic projection in the Liverpool Bienniale. She is studying for her PhD at the Slade School of Art.
Riccardi Pan No 2
135 x 40 cm, edition 2/3, 2008
Panoramic photograph on acetate
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Man & Eve (London)
Lot 50
David A. SMITH
“My work represents the shadow of a creature that once was. A fox form, a spirit almost, moving into the peripheral vision of the living world; the light cast upon it defining its slender frame and emphasising the fragility of life. It is a creature that should not be here yet is present, chancing one last appearance as a physical being.”
Thief
106 x 100 x 34 cm, 2010
Rigid foam, taxidermy, form, red neon light, mdf, enamel paint
ESTIMATE £2,000 - £3,000
Donated by the artist
Lot 51
David BrIan SMITH
“The starting point for this painting was a photograph of Martin Kippenberger sitting on a public sculpture and wearing a suit made by Joseph Beuys. I was interested in the line of appropriation. From the public sculpture to Kippenberger to Beuys, and finally the photograph taken. Coming from a Shropshire farming background, my work is often autobiographical. I use landscape as a stage to investigate my interest in colour. I share a birthday with Martin Kippenberger - February 25th.”
The Birthday Party - February 25th
190 x 160 cm, 2008
Oil on Canvas
ESTIMATE £4,000 - £6,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Carl Freedman Gallery (London)
Lot 52
Juergen TELLER
Stephanie on Puppy - Connecticut, is from a series of intimate portraits of the supermodel Stephanie Seymour shot over two-and-a-half years at Seymour's homes in Connecticut, New York, and Miami Beach. Here she is poised delicately atop Jeff Koons' giant floral puppy.
Sited in the pastoral surrounds of a gracious country home complete with white picket fence, the scene takes on a hyper-Disney quality, where luxury, fantasy and beauty are almost perfectly aligned.
Sited in the pastoral surrounds of a gracious country home complete with white picket fence, the scene takes on a hyper-Disney quality, where luxury, fantasy and beauty are almost perfectly aligned.
Stephanie on Puppy - Connecticut
51 x 61 cm, edition 117/200 (signed, dated and numbered on the reverse), 2002
C-type photograph
ESTIMATE £400 - £600
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Counter Editions (London)
Lot 53
Rachel THORLBY
Thorlby's Paradise Found II employs a playful sense of scale in stark contrast to the vast Romantic landscape paintings that originally inspired the artist. The inside of the box is painted from a variety of found reproductions of landscapes, its cardboard edges act as a framing device to a world in which we might project a desire to escape and take refuge.
Paradise Found I won the Celeste Art Prize in 2007.
Paradise Found I won the Celeste Art Prize in 2007.
Paradise Found II
45 x 40 x 30 cm, 2010
Cardboard box, papier mache, oil paint
ESTIMATE £1,500 - £2,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Madder 139 (London)
Lot 54
Michael WHITTLE
Drawn with religious solemnity, Whittle’s visual meditations centre on our tools of knowledge, such as nomenclature, classifications, perspectives, the stuff of science. “As a homage to our ability to think creatively, far beyond the confines of the landscape of our day to day experience, this image draws upon the structure of black holes of astrophysics and the design of particle accelerators of subatomic physics.”
Accelerator
102 x 120 cm, 2010
ink on paper
ESTIMATE £1,200 - £1,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Man & Eve (London)
Lot 55
Emma WIESLANDER
Before the photographic technique to fix an image was resolved, the Claude Glass –a sort of convex black mirror- was one of the viewing devices utilized to transport the surrounding world into a flat image.
For the series 'To Fit a View' such a mirror has been used to create the photographs. The location of the photograph is the Lake District, then and now admired for its picturesque beauty.
For the series 'To Fit a View' such a mirror has been used to create the photographs. The location of the photograph is the Lake District, then and now admired for its picturesque beauty.
To Fit a View
70 x 70 cm, 1/5 + 2AP, 2009
C-type print
ESTIMATE £700 - £900
Donated by the artist
Lot 56
PAVEL WOLBERG
Many of Pavel Wolberg’s photographic works are shot in Israel. The subjects of his live photography that he tracks down in everyday scenes are constantly changing. Wolberg is always on the qui vive with his camera, aiming at people that he surprises at their encounters, actions, rituals, fixating their image. The results are immediate, neither manipulated, nor posed.
Dependent on chance, he has a marked feel for finding the right place at the right time to encounter major events reflected casually in minor places or to meet characters that in everyday gestures express the state of mind of a class or a culture. Underlining the diverse contrasts in everyday Israeli life, contrasts that keep alive the extreme tensions that are tangible in the country.
Dependent on chance, he has a marked feel for finding the right place at the right time to encounter major events reflected casually in minor places or to meet characters that in everyday gestures express the state of mind of a class or a culture. Underlining the diverse contrasts in everyday Israeli life, contrasts that keep alive the extreme tensions that are tangible in the country.
Nahal Oz
74.5 x 235.5 cm, 2008
Black and white photograph, Edition 5/5
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Dvir Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 57
VICKY WRIGHt
Wright focuses primarily on the paradoxical nature of portraiture, politics and patronage. Consumed with humanity's ongoing abuse of power, Wright's Guardians can be seen as inverted portraits of the merchants who made their wealth from the extraction of natural resources. She executes her painting on the backs of the panels, working in an intuitive and unrehearsed manner.
Wright studied at Goldsmiths College, London (2006-08) and was a prize winner in the 2007 John Moores Painting Prize. She has recently shown at Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven and at Bloomberg SPACE, London.
Wright studied at Goldsmiths College, London (2006-08) and was a prize winner in the 2007 John Moores Painting Prize. She has recently shown at Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven and at Bloomberg SPACE, London.
Guardian XLVIII
126 x 90 cm, 2010
oil on panel
ESTIMATE £5,000 - £7,000
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Josh Lilley Gallery (London)
Lot 58
FRANCES YOUNG
Young's work records and re-constructs transitions through time and place; and parallels this with transitions across analogue and digital media, re-contextualising the outmoded within contemporary frameworks. 'Song of Farewell' uses slowed footage of starlings flying to and from a deserted rollercoaster as dusk is falling. The piece moves through a cycle of changing light and plays as a loop which echoes the physical structure of the rollercoaster and the circular repetitive flight patterns of the birds. The rhythmic vinyl end-static provides the sound and at times is suggestive of the beating of wings or the sound of a heartbeat."
Frances Young is currently artist in residence at The Kala Institute in Berkeley, California.
Frances Young is currently artist in residence at The Kala Institute in Berkeley, California.
Song of Farewell
PAL DVD (4:3) Colour with stereo sound. 4 minutes 58 seconds. Intended for viewing as a video projection on continuous loop
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Madder 139 (London)
Lot 59
MAYA ZACK
The ‘Living Room’ series (1-4) was created after sessions of interviews Zack took with an elderly Jewish gentleman (93 years old) who described his Berlin home prior to World War II.
Zack then did extensive research of the period in order to reconstruct a 3D visualization of his house. The result is this series of 4 works which depict a typical Jewish home in Berlin of the 1930's. The 4 pieces (to be viewed using 3D glasses) create a house of their own and invite the viewer to 'visit' the house, or more precisely, voyage through our collective memory. "Living Room" addresses an extinct German Jewish past from the period prior to World War II. Memories of this world relate to concrete places that, due to forced immigration, exist now at a great distance (of both time and space).
The "Living Room" project gained Zack first prize at the Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design Competition, 2009.
Maya Zack is currently exhibiting a solo show at Alon Segev Gallery and later this year at Habres Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
Zack then did extensive research of the period in order to reconstruct a 3D visualization of his house. The result is this series of 4 works which depict a typical Jewish home in Berlin of the 1930's. The 4 pieces (to be viewed using 3D glasses) create a house of their own and invite the viewer to 'visit' the house, or more precisely, voyage through our collective memory. "Living Room" addresses an extinct German Jewish past from the period prior to World War II. Memories of this world relate to concrete places that, due to forced immigration, exist now at a great distance (of both time and space).
The "Living Room" project gained Zack first prize at the Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design Competition, 2009.
Maya Zack is currently exhibiting a solo show at Alon Segev Gallery and later this year at Habres Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
Living Room 2
60 x 150 cm, edition 1/1 (special), 2009
Printed visualisation: anaglyph (3D)
ESTIMATE £2,500 - £3,500
Donated by the artist, courtesy of Alon Segev Gallery (Tel Aviv)
Lot 60
GuItING MANOR
A relaxing weekend at the Manor House of Temple Guiting, in the Cotswolds, one of Britains finest 15th century Tudor Houses, which boasts 14.5 acres, exposed beams, stone fireplaces, elevated views across the River Windrush, an all weather astro-turf court, lake and beautifully landscaped gardens.
Accommodates up to 10 people (no children)
Self catering, but wine, flowers, basics included. www.templeguitingmanor.co.uk
Accommodates up to 10 people (no children)
Self catering, but wine, flowers, basics included. www.templeguitingmanor.co.uk
A relaxing weekend at a stunning Manor House in the Cotswolds
Date to be arranged
ESTIMATE £2000
Donated by Steven Collins
Gala Auction Lots 2010
22 nov 2010
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