Feliza Bursztyn
Untitled (Color Series)
Lot Closed
June 7, 03:08:30 AM GMT
Estimate
45,000 - 55,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Feliza Bursztyn
b. 1933
Untitled (Color Series)
Executed in 1981.
Iron scrap
13 x 9 x 7 7/8 in. (34 x 23 x 20 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and Casas Riegner, Bogotá
Feliza Bursztyn (b. 1933, Bogotá, Colombia; d. 1982, Paris, France) was a trailblazing Colombian artist of Polish descent, recognized for her transformation of industrial scraps into kinetic sculptures that often incorporate sound. Channeling the feminine and the erotic, her welded sculptures revive discarded materials and highlight the revolutionary potential of excess. Bursztyn’s work has been shown globally at institutions such as Muzeum Susch, Switzerland; Museo Nacional de Bogotá and Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; MoMA; Tate Modern, London; Fundación Arco, Madrid; and Colombia Museo Nacional, Bogotá, among others.