March 9 in New York held an auction of Contemporary Art Phillips
ARTinvestment.RU   07 марта 2009

In the list of lots - works by Andy Warhol, Demiena Hirst, Ed Rushi and other famous artists

In the coming Monday, March 9 in New York will be tendering the works of contemporary artists, organized by the auction house Phillips de Pury & Co. Day will conclude prior art large-Fair The Armory Show.

Auction called Under the Influence - «Influenced». It will be presented in a mostly low-cost products, estimeyt they do not exceed ten thousand dollars. The tender offer an excellent opportunity to acquire works of promising writers who may be soon become the new stars of the art market.

In addition, the auction will be several works very well known artists such as Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol), Damien Hurst (Damien Hirst), Ed Rusha (Ed Ruscha), and Matthew Barney (Matthew Barney). The most highly appreciated by the auction house specialists work «Weight» German conceptual artist Olena Albert (Albert Oehlen). Estimeyt this canvas is 100-150 thousand dollars. Among the achievements Olena - cooperation with the famous German artist Martin Kippenbergerom (Martin Kippenberger) and participated in the psychedelic group of Red Krayola. Disharmonious ironic abstraction Olena, which sometimes gets figurative elements, too, except as «psychedelic» not call.

cover auction catalog picture adorns the work entitled «I see a piece in the form of Teddy Roosevelt», which established American artist Kelley Walker (Kelley Walker). It is a huge wall relief (2,4 x 2,5 m) made of acrylic plastic mirror. It is estimated at 80-120 thousand dollars. The terrain is made in the form of so-called blob Rorshaha. Herman Rorshah (Hermann Rorschach) - Swiss psychiatrist, who in 1921 presented a well-known test to study personality. Subject showed the ink blob and offered to share its interpretation seen. According Rorshahu, what people saw in the blur, there is much said about the peculiarities of his personality.

Estimeyt 80-120 thousand dollars also received a series of photos Eda Rushi called «pools». In this series Rusha maintains a dialogue with David Hockney (David Hockney), which is often depicted in his paintings of swimming pools.

Funny Demiena Hirst work, which is called Happy Head, estimated at 60-80 thousand dollars. This is a rubber skull, painted in bright colors. Another creation of the artist, «Medicine Cabinet» entitled «Every day», received estimeyt 50-70 thousand dollars.

Among other interesting lots - Andy Warhol print depicting a human heart. The experts evaluated it in the 20-30 thousand dollars. The same estimeyt got another job androginnogo the father of pop art - portrait mediamagnata Ted Turner (Ted Turner).

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Source: phillipsdepury.com , artinvestment.ru