The Contemporary Austin’s 2021 Benefit Auction Hosted by Sotheby’s
The Contemporary Austin’s 2021 Benefit Auction Hosted by Sotheby’s
Jong Oh
Doosan #14
Lot Closed
October 18, 06:04 PM GMT
Estimate
2,400 - 2,800 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jong Oh
b. 1981
Doosan #14
Watercolor on paper
Framed: 12 x 8 inches
Executed in 2021.
Please note that while this auction is hosted on Sothebys.com, it is being administered by The Contemporary Austin (“the museum”), and all post-sale matters (inclusive of invoicing and property pickup/shipment) will be handled by the museum. As such, Sotheby’s will share the contact details for the winning bidders with the museum so that they may be in touch directly post-sale.
Courtesy the artist and Marc Straus Gallery, New York
Korean artist Jong Oh uses humble materials—hand-painted strings, piano wire, thin chains, and delicate metal rods—to compose geometric, minimalist arrangements evoking gravity and light. In his recent explorations with watercolor paints, such as in Doosan #14, he transforms these minimal sculptural conceptions into elegant monochrome compositions on paper. As the artist noted, “The works become subtle and restrained visual poems. Each only a few lines long, but addressing the universal.”