Sleeping Hermaphrodite, and a beard of Karl Marx
correspondent reports portal ARTINFO.com Judd Tully (Judd Tully), which opened yesterday at the contemporary art fair FIAC (Paris) product assort cheerfully. Some dealers will even say that at a recent London Frieze trade was noticeably slower. Here are some interesting sales of the first day.
Moscow gallery M & J Gelman, whose booth is in the square courtyard in the Louvre, was able to sell for 8,000 euros (11,000 dollars) a picture of Ukrainian artist Ilya Chichkan - picture beautiful blonde with Marx's beard. Also enjoyed success Alexei Kallima and Valery Koshlyakov - have their work quickly appeared red circles.
Photorealistic portrait of French actress Audrey Tautou (Audrey Tautou), executed by Pierre and Gilles (Pierre et Gilles), brought 100,000 euros (138,5 thousand U.S. dollars). "Collectors have come from everywhere, despite the difficulties associated with strikes in Paris - says the dealer, the dealer Jérôme de Nuarmon (Jerôme de Noirmont). - In general, things are going well».
Last Five-Year Plan was marked by a sharp increase in demand for Indian art. Shireen Gandhi (Shireen Gandhy), director of the Bombay gallery Chemould, says that prices will not climb up, but remain stable. Exhibited her painting Dzhitisha Kallata (Jitish Kallat) sold for 160,000 euros (221.5 thousand U.S. dollars). Product Dodii Atul (Atul Dodiya), brought a gallery Daniel Templon, went for 60,000 (83,000 dollars).
awesome sculpture Abdessemeda Adel (Adel Abdessemed) - a cube of stuffed animals - have found buyer, but the amount of the transaction the seller Tsvirner David (David Zwirner) refused to call.
two sculptures in the shape of pumpkins, made of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (Yayoi Kusama), brought in 500 thousand dollars each. The new owners also went to several of her paintings.
One of the most popular works at the fair was "Sleeping Hermaphrodite" artist Barry X Ball - a copy of the same name statues from the Louvre, only made in black. The original was created in the second century BC, discovered in 1608-m and placed on a marble bed Italian sculptor Bernini. For the work Barry X Ball posted 450,000 euros (623,000 dollars).
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