At the fair of contemporary art in Paris, collectors prefer to buy the work of «proven» artists

«Old horse slot will not damage» - probably think collectors buying works of contemporary art at the Art Fair FIAC , which ended on Sunday in Paris. At the fair, unlike the London Frieze, customers place bets primarily on «proven» names such as Pablo Picasso (Pablo Picasso) and Luchio Fontana (Lucio Fontana), and the works of young artists have preferred to leave untouched.

«Collectors again turned to the classics, rather than buy a work of fashionable painters - said Paolo Vedovi (Paolo Vedovi), director of the Brussels Galerie Vedovi. - These pictures are always appreciated, and yet they are more affordable than the [product - Ed. ] American minimalist ». He managed to sell two paintings from a series of fountains Luchio «Spatial Concept» at a cost of about 1.3 million dollars. Another «Spatial Concept», red canvas with one large section was reserved to the price of 680 thousand euro (859 U.S. 450) in an Italian gallery Tornabuoni Arte. They say that Tornabuoni able to sell and another canvas Fountains for 3.5 million euros - the truth, the gallery director Roberto Kazamonti (Roberto Casamonti) declined from commenting. Now the market works Fountains looks fairly solid. At the now byword Christie's auction on 19 October , after which the pessimistic criticism seriously talking about death like art market, Italian artist canvas left (with the scripts, the truth) for 9 million pounds, while the works of other heavyweights, Francis Bacon (Francis Bacon) and Gerhard Richter (Gerhard Richter), buyers are not found. And the works of Italian art auction Sotheby's , held remarkably well, Fontana also became a major star.

Among the living artists of the most popular Vul Christopher (Christopher Wool) and Mark Quinn (Marc Quinn). Dealers, put on the sale of the Voula, played into the hands of the fact that the 53-year-old American artist not a fruit and the price of his goods did not have blown up the size of scary. New York gallery Luhring Augustine presented the 10 abstract paintings Voula on price from 75 to 100 thousand dollars. All of them were sold. According to gallery director, Vanessa Kritchell (Vanessa Critchell), bought a four-figure museums, and others - private collectors, mostly French. However, the works of other artists of the demand was small. Kritchell observed that compared to last year it fell by 50 per cent. «People are not shopping», - she said.

Marc Quinn, as well as Vul, is considered one of the few fashion artists, whose works make relatively safe. For two days, the Paris gallery Hopkins already sold 15 of his works. Especially popular were statuettes Kate Moss (Kate Moss), whose «elder sister», executed in gold, now on display at the exhibition at the British Museum . Three gold-plated maketika for the price of 190 thousand euro, each found a buyer very quickly. Attracts collectors that Marc Quinn, on the one hand, hip and radical (in recent times and are only talking about his sculptures out of frozen blood), and on the other hand - a long time «accepted», «Honored» oblaskanny and major museums. Incidentally, the notorious blood sculptures now collects money London National Portrait Gallery. On the art market works Quinn is listed high enough. Recently in London was fair DesignArt, which presented works by the artist famous gallery Carpenters Workshop. 25 pieces of furniture out of Carrara marble at a cost of 12 to 79 thousand dollars have been bought quite calmly.

Quinn, though, and falls to the «Young British Artists», does not that extreme, as the brothers Jake and Dinos Чепмэны (Jake & Dinos Chapman). The work of these artists are betting on a real horror (the horror). As you know, nightmares on canvas and kinoekranah beat the records of popularity at a time when society is relatively quiet, but now, with all the turmoil and adrenaline releases the world's economic crisis, invented strashilki are not so highly traded. Therefore, works of the brothers at the FIAC was not successful. White Cube Gallery was able to sell only three of eight bronze sculptures under the title «Colored Death Machine», and only two of eleven terrible «Victorian Portrait». Director of White Cube Uenman Neil (Neil Wenman) said that the result they are happy with: the sale of now all are weak, and the art of Чепмэнов in France is not yet very well known.

good luck, you can take the sale of pencil drawings by Picasso «Portrait of Françoise», brought the New York dealer Christophe van de Vege (Christophe Van De Weghe) 725 thousand dollars. However, the success of a little marred what was originally planned to gallery obtained for the work of 825 thousand. According to Van de Vege, sales at FIAC were «not as good as last year, but not bad, considering the circumstances».

scandal note in what is happening at the fair made a display of Russian gallery XL, which were presented to the work of Russian artist Oleg Kulik. authorities felt that the works of Kulik promoting violence and pornography, and arrested them along with the owners gallery.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: Bloomberg.com , artinvestment.ru