Update: 7th Sep. 2021
curated by Francesca Gavin
at The Stand
オンラインオークション『The Head』が、アートと慈善活動を融合した新しいヴィジュアルプラットフォーム The Stand にて 9 月 9 日から開催され、タイトルどおり “人間の頭” にまつわる作品が21組のアーティストから出品される。
The Stand はフェアな世界の実現を目指し、今年 5 月にローンチしたデジタルプラットフォーム。ここで開催されるオークションでは、ハンマープライスの大半がアーティストとそのギャラリーやエージェントへ直接支払われ、20％はアーティストが支持する慈善団体へ寄付、10％が The Stand のコストに充てられる。アーティストの創造性をコレクターにきちんと理解してもらい、資金の流れを正確に示すという透明性の高いアプローチを取ることで、質の高い作品がオークションに寄せられる好循環を生んでいる。そして、社会的インパクト投資のひとつの形態として、アーティストの支援だけでなく、彼らが関心を寄せる慈善活動も支援するという 2 つの目的を遂行。独創的なゲストキュレーターを迎えて、今後は年10〜12回のペースでオークションを開催していく予定だ。
「テクノロジーやそれが人体に及ぼす影響を受けて、自らの肉体に対する感情は分裂化され、私たちは自分自身を肉体から離脱したものとして捉えています。それを私は強く自覚していて、また、そのことへの関心の延長として“頭”に魅了されているのだと思います。欲望は、部分化した身体というアイデアと密接に関係していますが、特に頭は、古くから思想、哲学、知性、そしてマインドの象徴なのです」と Gavin は述べる。
古代エジプト、中国、ヘレニズム時代の彫刻や絵画など、頭部の描写は美術史において最も古い表現比喩のひとつであり、頭は、権力や政治、美しさ、階級、親密さといった概念と深く結びついている。このオークションでは、そんな “人間の頭” を現代アーティストたちはどのように描いているのか、それが社会や哲学、精神学、そして芸術そのものの変化をどのように反映しているのか、その点に着目している。
出品されるのは、Matthias Bitzer による新作『The Curious Being』、NY の High Line で展示された Steven Claydon による胸像、ニューメディアの先駆者である Lynn Hershman Leeson によるプリント、Paris Hilton の精子提供者を描いた Michael Fullerton によるペインティングなど多岐に渡る。“人間の頭” という概念とそれをめぐる芸術を捉えたユニークな着眼点はもちろん、こうしたエキサイティングなラインナップは、現代アート界を彩る新星たちと15年以上に渡って仕事をしてきた Gavin ならでは。また、キュレーションやそのテーマによって、作品や作者への理解がさらに深まることにも気づかされる。
出品作品の推定価格は2,000ポンドから35,000ポンド。オークションは全てオンラインで行われるため世界中の誰もが参加でき、作品カタログは 9 月 6 日より The Stand のウェブサイトから閲覧可能。現代アーティストたちが抱き続ける“頭”への関心と探究心に触れることのできる貴重な機会をお見逃しなく。
The Head
作品カタログ閲覧：2021年 9 月 6 日〜14日
オークション会期：2021年 9 月 9 日〜14日
The Stand
https://thestand.art
@thestand.art
Francesca Gavin
@roughversion
Untitled
2011
Artist: David Noonan
Description: Silk screen on linen collage. AP 2/2 (edition of 3 + 2 AP)
Dimensions: 72.5 x 57.5 x 6.5 cm. 28 1/2 x 22 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.
Provenance: Origami, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium. 01 March, 2012 — 31 March, 2012
Estimate: £4,000 – £6,000
Courtesy of the artist
@davidnoonan
2011
Artist: David Noonan
Description: Silk screen on linen collage. AP 2/2 (edition of 3 + 2 AP)
Dimensions: 72.5 x 57.5 x 6.5 cm. 28 1/2 x 22 5/8 x 2 1/2 in.
Provenance: Origami, Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium. 01 March, 2012 — 31 March, 2012
Estimate: £4,000 – £6,000
Courtesy of the artist
@davidnoonan
Caminos y Capas
/ A Path Through the Layers
2019
Artist: Shary Boyle and Lido Pimenta
Description: Porcelaine, underglaze, acrylic gouache, goldenleaf
Dimensions: 46T x 33W x 25D cm.
Estimates: £16,000 – £18,000
Credit and courtesy of the artists
@magiclanterns
@lidopimienta
2019
Artist: Shary Boyle and Lido Pimenta
Description: Porcelaine, underglaze, acrylic gouache, goldenleaf
Dimensions: 46T x 33W x 25D cm.
Estimates: £16,000 – £18,000
Credit and courtesy of the artists
@magiclanterns
@lidopimienta
Kristin Scott Thomas Study II
2018
Artist: Jonathan Yeo
Description: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38.3 cm. x 30.8 cm.
Estimate: £30,000 – £40,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@jonathanyeo
2018
Artist: Jonathan Yeo
Description: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 38.3 cm. x 30.8 cm.
Estimate: £30,000 – £40,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@jonathanyeo
Before: Baste on Narration
(Carmine Lake 2015)
Artist: Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom
Description: C-type print. Edition of 3 + 1AP, this work being the AP
Dimensions: 81.5 x 53.9 cm.
Estimate: £2,000 – £2,500
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@a.j_boakye_yiadom
(Carmine Lake 2015)
Artist: Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom
Description: C-type print. Edition of 3 + 1AP, this work being the AP
Dimensions: 81.5 x 53.9 cm.
Estimate: £2,000 – £2,500
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@a.j_boakye_yiadom
Missing Person
Born 2019
2021
Artist: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Description: Archival digital print from Generative.Photos. Edition of 5 plus I AP. This artwork is a photographic portrait made from constantly moving AI composites between multiple faces, without locatable sources, that Lynn purchased online through Generative.Photos. This program generates composite identities that are used for advertising, are never duplicated, and aim to be flawless. The numbers on the portrait point to flaws in the face – wrinkles – that should be “killed” or replaced by more youthful features within the program.
Dimensions: 30 × 30 in. (76.20 × 76.20 cm.)
Estimate: £18,000 – £20,000
Courtesy of the artist
@lynn.l.leeson
2021
Artist: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Description: Archival digital print from Generative.Photos. Edition of 5 plus I AP. This artwork is a photographic portrait made from constantly moving AI composites between multiple faces, without locatable sources, that Lynn purchased online through Generative.Photos. This program generates composite identities that are used for advertising, are never duplicated, and aim to be flawless. The numbers on the portrait point to flaws in the face – wrinkles – that should be “killed” or replaced by more youthful features within the program.
Dimensions: 30 × 30 in. (76.20 × 76.20 cm.)
Estimate: £18,000 – £20,000
Courtesy of the artist
@lynn.l.leeson
Suspecting
Suspects
2008
Artist: Peter Funch
Description: Digital C Print, Mounted on Sintra and Framed. Edition of 5 + 2AP. This work is 2/5.
Dimensions: 58.5 x 129 cm.
Estimate: £3,000 – £5,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@peterfunch
2008
Artist: Peter Funch
Description: Digital C Print, Mounted on Sintra and Framed. Edition of 5 + 2AP. This work is 2/5.
Dimensions: 58.5 x 129 cm.
Estimate: £3,000 – £5,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@peterfunch
Paris Hilton’s
Sperm Donor (Dalofaelid Phenotype)
2019
Artist: Michael Fullerton
Description: Oil on linen. In 2019 after splitting up with her boyfriend, American socialite Paris Hilton (b.1981) announced that she was looking for a sperm donor with “good looks, high IQ, and from a good family” i.e. good breeding material. This is a portrait of that imaginary person, but the source image is actually of her ex boyfriend, Chris Zylka.
Dimensions: 60 x 45 cm.
Estimate: £15,000 – £20,000
Image appears courtesy of the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow.
Photography: Patrick Jameson
2019
Artist: Michael Fullerton
Description: Oil on linen. In 2019 after splitting up with her boyfriend, American socialite Paris Hilton (b.1981) announced that she was looking for a sperm donor with “good looks, high IQ, and from a good family” i.e. good breeding material. This is a portrait of that imaginary person, but the source image is actually of her ex boyfriend, Chris Zylka.
Dimensions: 60 x 45 cm.
Estimate: £15,000 – £20,000
Image appears courtesy of the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow.
Photography: Patrick Jameson
The Curious
Being
2021
Artist: Matthias Bitzer
Description: Acrylic, ink, pingpong, pin, tip, coin
Dimensions: 184 x 164 cm.
Estimate: £32,000 – £38,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
2021
Artist: Matthias Bitzer
Description: Acrylic, ink, pingpong, pin, tip, coin
Dimensions: 184 x 164 cm.
Estimate: £32,000 – £38,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
Hanging Light
2020
Artist: Hannah Bays
Description: Oil on canvas, wood frame
Dimensions: 53.3 x 43.3 cm.
Estimate: £2,000 – £2,500
Courtesy of the artist
@hannah_bays
2020
Artist: Hannah Bays
Description: Oil on canvas, wood frame
Dimensions: 53.3 x 43.3 cm.
Estimate: £2,000 – £2,500
Courtesy of the artist
@hannah_bays
Face-to-face
2021
Artist: Luke Rudolf
Description: Acrylic, sand and marble dust on canvas
Dimensions: 120 x 110 cm.
Estimate: £8,000 – £10,000
Credit and Courtesy of the artist
@luke.rudolf
2021
Artist: Luke Rudolf
Description: Acrylic, sand and marble dust on canvas
Dimensions: 120 x 110 cm.
Estimate: £8,000 – £10,000
Credit and Courtesy of the artist
@luke.rudolf
Kidman Bust
(Trixie)
2011
Artist: Mike Bouchet
Description: Ceramic, automotive Lacquer, fiberglass paste. For this artwork, the artist produced a bust of Nicole Kidman working with the sculptor in residence of the Cathedral of Guadalajara, Mexico. A negative form was produced of the original clay model, and then cast in ceramic. The fired ceramic object was then painted with automotive lacquer. After this, the artist packed the painted ceramic bust in bubble wrap, and deliberately dropped it on the ground. The artist then personally glued the pieces of the broken ceramic back together and filled the interior of the bust with fibreglass and polyester construction foam to permanently secure its final form.
Dimensions: 30 x 50 x 30 cm.
Courtesy of the artist
@mrbouchet
2011
Artist: Mike Bouchet
Description: Ceramic, automotive Lacquer, fiberglass paste. For this artwork, the artist produced a bust of Nicole Kidman working with the sculptor in residence of the Cathedral of Guadalajara, Mexico. A negative form was produced of the original clay model, and then cast in ceramic. The fired ceramic object was then painted with automotive lacquer. After this, the artist packed the painted ceramic bust in bubble wrap, and deliberately dropped it on the ground. The artist then personally glued the pieces of the broken ceramic back together and filled the interior of the bust with fibreglass and polyester construction foam to permanently secure its final form.
Dimensions: 30 x 50 x 30 cm.
Courtesy of the artist
@mrbouchet
Unlimiteds and
Limiters (Lustre)
2013
Artist: Steve Claydon
Description: Polymer-ceramic mix, chemically chromed lustre, laminated wood
Dimensions: Bust: 65 x 50 x 30 cm. Plinth: 30 x 30 x 110 cm.
Estimate: £12,000 – £14,000
Courtesy of the artist
@steven_claydon
2013
Artist: Steve Claydon
Description: Polymer-ceramic mix, chemically chromed lustre, laminated wood
Dimensions: Bust: 65 x 50 x 30 cm. Plinth: 30 x 30 x 110 cm.
Estimate: £12,000 – £14,000
Courtesy of the artist
@steven_claydon
Portrait
(Kilim)
2012
Artist: Aleksandra Domanovic
Description: Inkjet print and wooden frame. Unique + AP (#1/1). Domanovic’s Portrait series of computer-generated renderings depicting a “re-gendered” Josip Broz Tito, the former Yugoslav autocrat is composed of found portraits that have been turned into digital 3-D busts and manipulated to make the facial features of Tito, the masculine personification of nation-building, slightly more ‘feminine’. The image speaks to the discrepancy between the weight of history we might attach to a face , and our ability to easily re-create or distort it. With ‘Portrait (Kilim)’ (2012), Domanovic has texturized the surface to resemble the weave of a Balkan kilim – a woven tapestry found throughout the region, and a typically female craft.
Dimensions: 190 x 137 cm.
Estimate: £10,000 – £15,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@cultureoflies
2012
Artist: Aleksandra Domanovic
Description: Inkjet print and wooden frame. Unique + AP (#1/1). Domanovic’s Portrait series of computer-generated renderings depicting a “re-gendered” Josip Broz Tito, the former Yugoslav autocrat is composed of found portraits that have been turned into digital 3-D busts and manipulated to make the facial features of Tito, the masculine personification of nation-building, slightly more ‘feminine’. The image speaks to the discrepancy between the weight of history we might attach to a face , and our ability to easily re-create or distort it. With ‘Portrait (Kilim)’ (2012), Domanovic has texturized the surface to resemble the weave of a Balkan kilim – a woven tapestry found throughout the region, and a typically female craft.
Dimensions: 190 x 137 cm.
Estimate: £10,000 – £15,000
Credit and courtesy of the artist
@cultureoflies