contemporary art auction market is growing and getting younger. This trend, however, can not fail to notice, if only look at the iconic sales - major evening auctions Contemporary art, hosted several times a year, Sotheby's and Christie's. They basically offer a product of the patriarchs, such as Gerhard Richter (Gerhard Richter) and Jasper Johns (Jasper Johns), a work famous in the 1980-90's artists, who have extensive assets in museum exhibitions. But in the auction catalog with a caliber smaller (of the same Phillips de Pury) are increasingly found the names of the authors under 30. In the first half of this year the creation of some of them have brought very large sums despite the fact that their "auction career" began less than five years ago.

top ten most expensive works of young artists who found a buyer in 2010, looks like this:

1. Dash Snow (Dash Snow, 1981-2009). No title. 2007. 78.37 thousands of dollars. Phillips de Pury, London, June 30, 2010.

Of all the artists whose names appear in this ranking, Dash Snow, is undoubtedly the most famous. He became famous not only because of their works, but his unusual way of life. Scion of the dynasty of collectors, in 13 or 14 years, Snow ran away from home and lived on the street. Last years of his short life (as well as other New York legend Jean-Michel Basquiat, Snow died of a drug overdose), the artist spent in the status of icon of New York bohemia, whose life he unvarnished documented in his photographs. Snow creativity is very much appreciated the artistic establishment: his works were acquired in the leading collections and exhibited at major exhibitions such as the Whitney Biennial. Auction results of his works show a steady growth, beginning with the first appearance of Snow's works at auction. Sold in June this year, unnamed track from the 140 shots on Polaroid showed the highest auction result for Snow's work: it has brought 52,000 pounds (78.37 thousand dollars) Estimé 20-30 thousand pounds.

2. C Peng (Si Peng, p. 1980). Portrait of a man in red. 2006. 51.36 thousands of dollars. Christie's, Hong Kong, May 30, 2010.

• SI PEN Portrait of a Man in yellow. 2006
  Source: artnet.com

3. Si Pan. Portrait of a man in yellow. 2006. 48.8 thousand dollars. Christie's, Hong Kong, May 30, 2010.

second and third places were taken by the picture of Chinese painter Pan Sea, enjoying incredible success with the critics for its masterful use of color pigments. Creativity of the "young talent" is represented in major galleries in China. In 2008, "Portrait of a man in red" and "Portrait of a man in yellow" have been bought at auction for the Poly 56 and 62 thousand dollars, respectively.

4. Erinch Diet (Erinç Seymen, p. 1980). No title. 2010. 32.3 thousand dollars. Sotheby's, London, April 15, 2010.

In his works, Turkish artist Erinch Diet tries to draw the viewer's attention on various problems of modern society. For this purpose, he often uses vivid, memorable images. His untitled work, which brought a record 32.3 thousand dollars in April Sotheby's - it's painted in pink figure of the butterfly body which represents the grenade. The sculpture was sold by a two-fold excess of estimate.

5. On Jan (Na Yang, P. 1982). hibernation with gold coins. 2008. 31.4 thousand dollars. 1933 Auction Ltd, Singapore, May 2, 2010.

Urozhenko China's Yang is only 28 years old, but her work had already appeared on numerous shows (in Beijing, Shanghai, Zurich and other cities) . Her paintings of girls named Nana are popular both in China and abroad.

6. Gao Yu (Yu Kao, p. 1981). Love tear gas. 2004. 30.2 thousand dollars. Shanghai Hosane Auction Co., Shanghai, June 27, 2010.

In pictures Yu Gao black humor combined with the style of comics. His favorite character is a panda - a symbol of traditional China. In 2008 one of these works brought at auction 81.7 thousand dollars.

7. Ramhani Zakaria (Zakaria Ramhani, p. 1983). person to another. 2008. 30 thousand dollars. Christie's, Dubai, April 27, 2010.

Moroccan Zacharias Ramhani passes postures and facial expressions of his characters, using the Arabic script. Through all of his work thread running theme of fear of others - according to the artist, the whole history of mankind is the "history of mistrust among civilizations».

8. Noriko Yamaguchi (Noriko Yamaguchi, p. 1983). Three costume "girl's phone." 2003-2009. 25.68 thousands of dollars. Christie's, Hong Kong, May 30, 2010.

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most famous series Noriko Yamaguchi, "Female-phones" - a reflection of the artist's dependence on the technology of modern society and the cult of communication.

9. Yu Gao. Taste of capitalism as it is. 2009. 23 thousand dollars. Phillips de Pury, London, April 24, 2010.

Painting Yu Gao "Taste of capitalism as it is - the first job of the artist, sold at auction in London.

10. Aryadhitya Pramuhendra (Ariadhitya Pramuhendra, p. 1984). Unforgettable 2. 2008. 21.8 thousand dollars. Christie's, Hong Kong, May 30, 2010.

• ARYADHITYA PRAMUHENDRA
  Unforgettable 2. 2008. Source: artnet.com

Aryadhitya Pramuhendra from Indonesia is known mainly for his self-portrait, which he wrote with coal at large-format canvases. In these papers, "I" serves as both a subject and as object of observation. Pramuhendra recently presented at the International Fair of Art Hong Kong a new project Ashesto Ashes.

material was prepared by Julia Maksimova, AI

Sources: artprice. com , artinvestment.ru