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Piotr Uklański
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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Description
- Piotr Uklański
- The Nazis
- each: numbered 8/10 and variously annotated A-D, 1-41, and 1-164 on a label affixed to the reverse
- chromogenic black and white and color photographs, in 164 parts
- each: 14 by 10 in. 35.6 by 25.4 cm.
- Executed in 1998.
Provenance
Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, October 14, 2006, Lot 26
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, October 14, 2006, Lot 26
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
London, The Photographers' Gallery, The Nazis: Piotr Uklański, August - September 1998 (edition no. unknown)
Warsaw, Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Piotr Uklański: The Nazis, October - December 2000 (another example)
Tirana, Albania, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Tirana Biennale 1: Escape, September - October 2001, p. 437, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown)
London, Tate Modern; Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle; and Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Pop Life: Art in a Material World, October 2009 - September 2010, pp. 164-65, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown) and p. 165, illustrated in color (in installation at The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1998) (edition no. unknown)
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fatal Attraction: Piotr Uklański Photographs, March - August 2015 (edition no. unknown)
Warsaw, Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Piotr Uklański: The Nazis, October - December 2000 (another example)
Tirana, Albania, National Gallery & Chinese Pavilion, Tirana Biennale 1: Escape, September - October 2001, p. 437, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown)
London, Tate Modern; Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle; and Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Pop Life: Art in a Material World, October 2009 - September 2010, pp. 164-65, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown) and p. 165, illustrated in color (in installation at The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1998) (edition no. unknown)
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fatal Attraction: Piotr Uklański Photographs, March - August 2015 (edition no. unknown)
Literature
Peter Lyle, "The Reich Stuff," The Face, London, July 1998, pp. 60-61, no. 118
Rob Epstein, "Janner's Fears of Nazi Exhibition," London Jewish News, July 17, 1998, p. 8
Robin Stringer, "Outrage as London Gallery Highlights 'Glamour of Nazism,'" Evening Standard, London, July 29, 1998, p. 21
Stuart Shave, "Nice Nazi, Nasty Nazi," I-D Magazine, London, August 1998, p. 50, no. 178
Amanda Hopkins, "Spiel Mit Dem Nazi-Chic," Der Spiegel, Hamburg, August 3, 1998, p. 87, no. 32
"Peter Uklański: The Nazis," The Guide, London, August 3-9, 1998, p. 39
Jonathan Jones, "Faces of Evil," The Guardian, London, August 18, 1998, p. 12
Neal Ascheron, "It's Only David Niven Dressed Up: Why Do We Feel a Chill?," The Observer, London, August 23, 1998, p. 9
John Russel Taylor, "Nazi Movie Shoots are Defended as Art," Amateur Photographer, London, August 29, 1998
Wojciech Orlínski, "Ci Przystojni Nazisci," Gazetta Wyborcza, Warsaw, August 31, 1998, p. 2
Malcolm Quinn, "Reopening old wounds," Blueprint, London, September 1998, p. 74, illustrated (detail)
"Espectros Nazis," Expresso, Lisbon, September 19, 1998, n.p.
Patrick Frey and Piotr Uklański, Piotr Uklański: The Nazis, Zurich and London, 1999, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)
Piotr Rypson, "Disco, Nazisci, I Szklankla Herbaty," Machina, Warsaw, October 1999, pp. 78-81
Thomas Wolff, "Sie Tun's Alle: The Nazis' Holywood-Klischees," Frankfurter Rundschau, October 20, 1999 (text)
Stephan Ramming, "Film-Nazis In Der Pop-Hölle," Dei Wochenzeitung, Berlin, October 21, 1999, p. 21
Michel Masserey, 'Sous leur uniforme luster, les Nazis de Hollywood vendent des pailettes,' Le Temps, Geneva, December 29, 1999, p. 37
'The Nazis by Piotr Uklański,' New York Arts Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2000, p. 79 (text)
Dirk Kurbuweit, "Wei Sexy Dürfen Nazis Sein?," Speigel Reporter, Hamburg, February 2000, pp. 119-125, no. 2
"Austellung Zeigt Filmstars in Nazi Uniformen," Die Welt, Berlin, February 29, 2000
Javier Leo Fuentes, "Hollywood Y El Nazimo: Vision Critica De Piotr Uklański," Arts-Zin.Com, Madrid, March - April 2000, n.p.
Susanne Leinemann, "Der Filmische Albtraum Vom Nazi," Die Welt, Berlin, March 3, 2000
"Eine Wand Voller Film-Nazis," Berliner Zeitung, Berlin, March 6, 2000 (text)
"Film Nazis," Neues Deutschland, Berlin, March 10, 2000 (text)
"Heute In Berlin: 'Die Nazis,'" Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, March 10, 2000
Steven Heller, 'Snazi Nazis,' The New York Times Book Review, March 12, 2000, p. 22
"Die Nazis," Tagesspeigel, Berlin, March 22, 2000
"The Nazis," Tageszeitung, Berlin, March 22, 2000
"The Nazis," Taz, Berlin, March 22, 2000
"Piotr Uklański: 'Die Nazis,'" Art On, Berlin, April 2000
Peter Herstreuth, "'Die Nazis' Von Piotr Uklański In Den Kunst-Werken," Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, May 2000, pp. 43-44
C. Schneider, "Nazi's," Metropolis M, Amsterdam, June - July 2000, pp. 64-65, no. 3
Martina Jungfleisch, "Monster Und Hollywoodstars," Filmforum, Berlin, July - August 2000, pp. 28-29
M. Margielewski, "Nazi Fiction," Ckm, Warsaw, September 2000, pp. 66-68, no. 9
A. Markiewicz, "Nazisci Z Kinowych Ekranów," Machina, Warsaw, September 2000, p. 25
Marcin Fedisz, "Ci Przystojni Nazisci W Swych Przepieknych Mundarach," Przzekrój, Warsaw, September 3, 2000, pp. 9-10
Wojciech Orlinski, "Ci Przystojni Nazisci!," Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, October 27 - November 2, 2000, p. 22
"Druga Strona: Nazisci," Zycie, Warsaw, October 31 - November 1, 2000, p. 2
Dorota Jarecka, "Wystawa 'Nazisci' W Warszawie," Gazeta Wyborcza, October 31 - November 1, 2000, p. 17
Agnieszka Maria Wasieczko, "The Nazis," The Warsaw Voice, Warsaw, November 12, 2000 (text)
"Nazi Movie Exhibition Enrages Actor," The Guardian, London, November 23, 2000 (text)
Jan Raszeja, "Nazista W. Kadre," Gazeta Pomorska, Warsaw, November 24, 2000
"Exhibit on Nazis Riles Poles: Officials Halt Display of War-Movie Images," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, November 25, 2000 (text)
"Poland Closes Show of Stars in Nazi Uniforms," The Holland Sentinel, Amsterdam, November 26, 2000
"Actor Attacks Exhibition in Poland," Artnet.com, New York, November 30, 2000 (text)
P. Baler, "Censure Nazis," Artealdia.com, San Francisco, December 2000
"Galeria 'Nazisci,'" Przekrój, Warsaw, December 3, 2000, pp. 17-21
The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000, illustrated in color on the cover (detail) (edition no. unknown)
"Shortcuts: Taking Up Arms Against the Nazis," The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000, no. 49, illustrated in color (detail)
Iwona A. Czerwinska, "Art Scandal: The Final Cut," The Warsaw Voice, Warsaw, December 3, 2000, p. 5, no. 49, illustrated in color (detail)
Wojtek Kosc, "Slashing Out: A Leading Polish Actor and the Minister of Culture Fail to Understand 'The Nazis,'" Central Europe Review, Warsaw, December 4, 2000, n.p., no. 4 (text)
M. Trenkler, "Säbelhiebe Auf Film-Nazis," Morgen Welt, Berlin, December 8, 2000
"Naziata," Nie, Warsaw, December 14, 2000, n.p.
"Nasi Czy Nazi?," Viva, Warsaw, December 18, 2000, p. 14
"Nazis Invade Poland," Britart.com, London, January 10, 2001
Massimiliano Gioni, 'Touch Me I'm Sick: Portraits of Power,' Flash Art, Milan, May - June 2001, pp. 110-11, illustrated in color (detail) and p. 113 (text)
Exh. Cat., New York, The Jewish Museum, Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art, 2002, pl. 5, illustrated in color (detail) (another example) and p. 108, illustrated (in installation at The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1998) (edition no. unknown)
Michael Kimmelman, 'Jewish Museum Show Looks Nazis in the Face and Creates a Fuss,' The New York Times, January 29, 2002, pp. E1-2
Sarah Boxer, 'Man Behind a Museum Tempest; A Curator Defends His Show Explaining Nazi Imagery', The New York Times, February 24, 2002
Robert Atkins, 'Bringing Nazi Symbols to the Jewish Museum', ARTnews, New York, March 2002, p. 48, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown)
Kim Levin, "Spring Time For Hitler," The Village Voice, New York, March 5, 2002, illustrated in color
Michael Kimmelman, 'Evil, the Nazis and Shock Value', The New York Times, March 15, 2002, pp. E33-35
E. Reverter, "Art Provocador Sobre L'holocaust," Avui, Lisbon, March 17, 2002, p. 48
Leslie Cahmi, 'Peering Under the Skin of Monsters', The New York Times, March 17, 2002, pp. 36-39
Ron Rosenbaum, "Mirroring Evil? No, Mirroring Art Theory," The New Observer, March 18, 2002, p. 11
Catherine Fox, "Jewish Museum Casts Nazi Evil In New Light," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Atlanta, March 24, 2002 (text)
"Art Review: Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art," The Village Voice, New York, March 26, 2002
Howard Halle, "Empty Mirror: The Jewish Museum's Show of Nazi Imagery in Art Today is No Thing to See," Time Out, New York, March 28 - April 4, 2002, pp. 8-9
Jay Michaelson, "Mystical Nazi Sex Gods," Zeek, New York, April 2002, n.p. (text)
Peter Schjeldahl, "The Hitler Show," The New Yorker, April 1, 2002, p. 87
'The Banality of Evil', Flash Art, Milan, May - June 2002, p. 70, illustrated (detail)
Linda Nochlin, 'Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/ Recent Art', ArtForum, New York, Summer 2002, pp. 167-68, illustrated in color (detail) and p. 168 (text)
Charles Labelle, 'Mirroring Evil', Frieze, London, June - August 2002, p. 108 (text)
Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, et al., 'Piotr Uklanski, The Nazis', Charley 02, Dijon, Autumn 2002, n.p.
Kate Bush, 'Once Upon A Time in the East: The Art of Piotr Uklański', ArtForum, November 2002, p. 174, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown) and pp. 173- 175 (text)
Exh. Cat., Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Piotr Uklański: Earth Wind and Fire, 2004, pp. 122-23, illustrated in color (detail of another example, in installation at Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw, 2000) and p. 124 illustrated in color (detail, on the cover of The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000)
Exh. Cat., Bremen, Neues Museum Weserburg, After Images: Kunst als soziales Gedächtnis, 2004 (another example)
Stephen C. Feinstein, Ed., Absence/Presence: Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust, Syracuse, 2005, p. 11 (text)
Gene Ray, Terror and the Sublime in Art and Critical Theory From Auschwitz to Hiroshima to September 11, New York, 2005, p. 68 (text)
Adam Lindemann, Collecting Contemporary, Cologne, 2006, p. 132, illustrated in color (another example)
Dagmar Herzog, Ed., Lessons and Legacies VII: The Holocaust in International Perspective, Evanston, Illinois, 2006, p. 409 (text)
Petra Rau, Our Nazis: Representations of Fascism in Contemporary Literature and Film, Edinburgh, 2013, p. 125 (text)
Donna Wingate and Marc Joseph Berg, Eds., Second Languages: Reading Piotr Uklański, Ostfildern, 2014, p. 14, illustrated (detail) (edition no. unknown), p. 15, illustrated in color (detail, on the cover of The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000) (edition no. unknown) and p. 105, illustrated in color (detail, in installation at Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 2000) (another example)
Exh. Cat., Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, ArtLovers: Stories of Art in the Pinault Collection, 2014, p. 123, illustrated in color (another example)
Gisele Regatao, "An Ironic Ode to Photography," WNYC News (online resource), March 21, 2015, illustrated in color (in installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 2015) (edition no. unknown)
Rob Epstein, "Janner's Fears of Nazi Exhibition," London Jewish News, July 17, 1998, p. 8
Robin Stringer, "Outrage as London Gallery Highlights 'Glamour of Nazism,'" Evening Standard, London, July 29, 1998, p. 21
Stuart Shave, "Nice Nazi, Nasty Nazi," I-D Magazine, London, August 1998, p. 50, no. 178
Amanda Hopkins, "Spiel Mit Dem Nazi-Chic," Der Spiegel, Hamburg, August 3, 1998, p. 87, no. 32
"Peter Uklański: The Nazis," The Guide, London, August 3-9, 1998, p. 39
Jonathan Jones, "Faces of Evil," The Guardian, London, August 18, 1998, p. 12
Neal Ascheron, "It's Only David Niven Dressed Up: Why Do We Feel a Chill?," The Observer, London, August 23, 1998, p. 9
John Russel Taylor, "Nazi Movie Shoots are Defended as Art," Amateur Photographer, London, August 29, 1998
Wojciech Orlínski, "Ci Przystojni Nazisci," Gazetta Wyborcza, Warsaw, August 31, 1998, p. 2
Malcolm Quinn, "Reopening old wounds," Blueprint, London, September 1998, p. 74, illustrated (detail)
"Espectros Nazis," Expresso, Lisbon, September 19, 1998, n.p.
Patrick Frey and Piotr Uklański, Piotr Uklański: The Nazis, Zurich and London, 1999, illustrated in color (edition no. unknown)
Piotr Rypson, "Disco, Nazisci, I Szklankla Herbaty," Machina, Warsaw, October 1999, pp. 78-81
Thomas Wolff, "Sie Tun's Alle: The Nazis' Holywood-Klischees," Frankfurter Rundschau, October 20, 1999 (text)
Stephan Ramming, "Film-Nazis In Der Pop-Hölle," Dei Wochenzeitung, Berlin, October 21, 1999, p. 21
Michel Masserey, 'Sous leur uniforme luster, les Nazis de Hollywood vendent des pailettes,' Le Temps, Geneva, December 29, 1999, p. 37
'The Nazis by Piotr Uklański,' New York Arts Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2000, p. 79 (text)
Dirk Kurbuweit, "Wei Sexy Dürfen Nazis Sein?," Speigel Reporter, Hamburg, February 2000, pp. 119-125, no. 2
"Austellung Zeigt Filmstars in Nazi Uniformen," Die Welt, Berlin, February 29, 2000
Javier Leo Fuentes, "Hollywood Y El Nazimo: Vision Critica De Piotr Uklański," Arts-Zin.Com, Madrid, March - April 2000, n.p.
Susanne Leinemann, "Der Filmische Albtraum Vom Nazi," Die Welt, Berlin, March 3, 2000
"Eine Wand Voller Film-Nazis," Berliner Zeitung, Berlin, March 6, 2000 (text)
"Film Nazis," Neues Deutschland, Berlin, March 10, 2000 (text)
"Heute In Berlin: 'Die Nazis,'" Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, March 10, 2000
Steven Heller, 'Snazi Nazis,' The New York Times Book Review, March 12, 2000, p. 22
"Die Nazis," Tagesspeigel, Berlin, March 22, 2000
"The Nazis," Tageszeitung, Berlin, March 22, 2000
"The Nazis," Taz, Berlin, March 22, 2000
"Piotr Uklański: 'Die Nazis,'" Art On, Berlin, April 2000
Peter Herstreuth, "'Die Nazis' Von Piotr Uklański In Den Kunst-Werken," Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, May 2000, pp. 43-44
C. Schneider, "Nazi's," Metropolis M, Amsterdam, June - July 2000, pp. 64-65, no. 3
Martina Jungfleisch, "Monster Und Hollywoodstars," Filmforum, Berlin, July - August 2000, pp. 28-29
M. Margielewski, "Nazi Fiction," Ckm, Warsaw, September 2000, pp. 66-68, no. 9
A. Markiewicz, "Nazisci Z Kinowych Ekranów," Machina, Warsaw, September 2000, p. 25
Marcin Fedisz, "Ci Przystojni Nazisci W Swych Przepieknych Mundarach," Przzekrój, Warsaw, September 3, 2000, pp. 9-10
Wojciech Orlinski, "Ci Przystojni Nazisci!," Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, October 27 - November 2, 2000, p. 22
"Druga Strona: Nazisci," Zycie, Warsaw, October 31 - November 1, 2000, p. 2
Dorota Jarecka, "Wystawa 'Nazisci' W Warszawie," Gazeta Wyborcza, October 31 - November 1, 2000, p. 17
Agnieszka Maria Wasieczko, "The Nazis," The Warsaw Voice, Warsaw, November 12, 2000 (text)
"Nazi Movie Exhibition Enrages Actor," The Guardian, London, November 23, 2000 (text)
Jan Raszeja, "Nazista W. Kadre," Gazeta Pomorska, Warsaw, November 24, 2000
"Exhibit on Nazis Riles Poles: Officials Halt Display of War-Movie Images," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, November 25, 2000 (text)
"Poland Closes Show of Stars in Nazi Uniforms," The Holland Sentinel, Amsterdam, November 26, 2000
"Actor Attacks Exhibition in Poland," Artnet.com, New York, November 30, 2000 (text)
P. Baler, "Censure Nazis," Artealdia.com, San Francisco, December 2000
"Galeria 'Nazisci,'" Przekrój, Warsaw, December 3, 2000, pp. 17-21
The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000, illustrated in color on the cover (detail) (edition no. unknown)
"Shortcuts: Taking Up Arms Against the Nazis," The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000, no. 49, illustrated in color (detail)
Iwona A. Czerwinska, "Art Scandal: The Final Cut," The Warsaw Voice, Warsaw, December 3, 2000, p. 5, no. 49, illustrated in color (detail)
Wojtek Kosc, "Slashing Out: A Leading Polish Actor and the Minister of Culture Fail to Understand 'The Nazis,'" Central Europe Review, Warsaw, December 4, 2000, n.p., no. 4 (text)
M. Trenkler, "Säbelhiebe Auf Film-Nazis," Morgen Welt, Berlin, December 8, 2000
"Naziata," Nie, Warsaw, December 14, 2000, n.p.
"Nasi Czy Nazi?," Viva, Warsaw, December 18, 2000, p. 14
"Nazis Invade Poland," Britart.com, London, January 10, 2001
Massimiliano Gioni, 'Touch Me I'm Sick: Portraits of Power,' Flash Art, Milan, May - June 2001, pp. 110-11, illustrated in color (detail) and p. 113 (text)
Exh. Cat., New York, The Jewish Museum, Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art, 2002, pl. 5, illustrated in color (detail) (another example) and p. 108, illustrated (in installation at The Photographers' Gallery, London, 1998) (edition no. unknown)
Michael Kimmelman, 'Jewish Museum Show Looks Nazis in the Face and Creates a Fuss,' The New York Times, January 29, 2002, pp. E1-2
Sarah Boxer, 'Man Behind a Museum Tempest; A Curator Defends His Show Explaining Nazi Imagery', The New York Times, February 24, 2002
Robert Atkins, 'Bringing Nazi Symbols to the Jewish Museum', ARTnews, New York, March 2002, p. 48, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown)
Kim Levin, "Spring Time For Hitler," The Village Voice, New York, March 5, 2002, illustrated in color
Michael Kimmelman, 'Evil, the Nazis and Shock Value', The New York Times, March 15, 2002, pp. E33-35
E. Reverter, "Art Provocador Sobre L'holocaust," Avui, Lisbon, March 17, 2002, p. 48
Leslie Cahmi, 'Peering Under the Skin of Monsters', The New York Times, March 17, 2002, pp. 36-39
Ron Rosenbaum, "Mirroring Evil? No, Mirroring Art Theory," The New Observer, March 18, 2002, p. 11
Catherine Fox, "Jewish Museum Casts Nazi Evil In New Light," The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, Atlanta, March 24, 2002 (text)
"Art Review: Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/Recent Art," The Village Voice, New York, March 26, 2002
Howard Halle, "Empty Mirror: The Jewish Museum's Show of Nazi Imagery in Art Today is No Thing to See," Time Out, New York, March 28 - April 4, 2002, pp. 8-9
Jay Michaelson, "Mystical Nazi Sex Gods," Zeek, New York, April 2002, n.p. (text)
Peter Schjeldahl, "The Hitler Show," The New Yorker, April 1, 2002, p. 87
'The Banality of Evil', Flash Art, Milan, May - June 2002, p. 70, illustrated (detail)
Linda Nochlin, 'Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/ Recent Art', ArtForum, New York, Summer 2002, pp. 167-68, illustrated in color (detail) and p. 168 (text)
Charles Labelle, 'Mirroring Evil', Frieze, London, June - August 2002, p. 108 (text)
Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni, et al., 'Piotr Uklanski, The Nazis', Charley 02, Dijon, Autumn 2002, n.p.
Kate Bush, 'Once Upon A Time in the East: The Art of Piotr Uklański', ArtForum, November 2002, p. 174, illustrated in color (detail) (edition no. unknown) and pp. 173- 175 (text)
Exh. Cat., Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Piotr Uklański: Earth Wind and Fire, 2004, pp. 122-23, illustrated in color (detail of another example, in installation at Zachęta Gallery, Warsaw, 2000) and p. 124 illustrated in color (detail, on the cover of The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000)
Exh. Cat., Bremen, Neues Museum Weserburg, After Images: Kunst als soziales Gedächtnis, 2004 (another example)
Stephen C. Feinstein, Ed., Absence/Presence: Critical Essays on the Artistic Memory of the Holocaust, Syracuse, 2005, p. 11 (text)
Gene Ray, Terror and the Sublime in Art and Critical Theory From Auschwitz to Hiroshima to September 11, New York, 2005, p. 68 (text)
Adam Lindemann, Collecting Contemporary, Cologne, 2006, p. 132, illustrated in color (another example)
Dagmar Herzog, Ed., Lessons and Legacies VII: The Holocaust in International Perspective, Evanston, Illinois, 2006, p. 409 (text)
Petra Rau, Our Nazis: Representations of Fascism in Contemporary Literature and Film, Edinburgh, 2013, p. 125 (text)
Donna Wingate and Marc Joseph Berg, Eds., Second Languages: Reading Piotr Uklański, Ostfildern, 2014, p. 14, illustrated (detail) (edition no. unknown), p. 15, illustrated in color (detail, on the cover of The Warsaw Voice, December 3, 2000) (edition no. unknown) and p. 105, illustrated in color (detail, in installation at Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, 2000) (another example)
Exh. Cat., Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, ArtLovers: Stories of Art in the Pinault Collection, 2014, p. 123, illustrated in color (another example)
Gisele Regatao, "An Ironic Ode to Photography," WNYC News (online resource), March 21, 2015, illustrated in color (in installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 2015) (edition no. unknown)
Condition
This work is in excellent condition. There are a number of faint and unobtrusive hairline scratches to the surfaces of various panels, as well as a small number of instances of lifting to the edges likely resulting from previous installations of the work. Each panel is outfitted with Velcro on the reverse for installation purposes.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
“Here Uklański proves the power of the spectacle to render meaning not vacuously transparent but endlessly volatile. The passionate, sometimes violent responses provoked by a mere collection of film stills is proof in action of the theory of the spectacle: people tend to believe in the reality of the representation...
Just as the Nazis, masters of the spectacle, understood the intimate connection between power and representation, presenting aesthetic displays to compel belief, so Uklański suggests that art is only a specter of absorption proposed to the gaze of the spectator, an idea he connotes in the ultrahigh, mirrorlike gloss of his photographs’ surfaces.”
Kate Bush, "Once Upon A Time in the East: The Art of Piotr Uklanski", Artforum, November 2002, p. 174