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ANDREAS GURSKY | Kuwait Stock Exchange
估價
650,000 - 850,000 USD
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描述
- Andreas Gursky
- Kuwait Stock Exchange
- signed, titled, dated 2007 and numbered 4/6 + 2 AP on the reverse; signed on a label affixed to the reverse of the backing board
- c-print face-mounted to Plexiglas, in artist's frame
- 107 1/2 by 86 1/2 in. 273.1 by 218.7 cm.
- Executed in 2007, this work is number 4 from an edition of 6, plus 2 artist's proofs.
來源
Sprüth Magers, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007
展覽
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art; Sharjah Art Museum, Andreas Gursky, May 2007 - January 2008, p. 207, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Andreas Gursky, October 2007 - February 2008, p. 101, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Vancouver Art Gallery, Andreas Gursky. Werke - Works 80 - 08, October 2008 - January 2009, p. 233, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Kunstmuseum Basel, Andreas Gursky, October 2007 - February 2008, p. 101, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Vancouver Art Gallery, Andreas Gursky. Werke - Works 80 - 08, October 2008 - January 2009, p. 233, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Condition
This work is in excellent condition overall. The work was reprinted under the supervision of the Andreas Gursky studio in June of 2018. Upon close inspection, there are no apparent condition issues to the photograph or mat. The edges of the frame show light wear and occasional scratches. Face-mounted to Plexiglas, in artist's frame.
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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.
拍品資料及來源
"Few artists have managed to distill the specific characteristics of a certain culture, the mindset of a generation, or the zeitgeist of an era into a single work. Just as a handful of iconic paintings have shaped our view of the Renaissance, so too has Andreas Gursky captured the essence of the economic and social situation of the late twentieth century." Nina Zimmer in Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum Basel, Andreas Gursky, 2007-2008, p. 69
During the 1980s, Andreas Gursky emerged as one of the leading lights among a group of German photographers schooled by the eminent professors Bernd and Hilla Becher. Absorbing their systemically objective and rigorously conceptual style, Andreas Gursky's art provides a poetic commentary on our world, consisting of a series of monumental, animated vitrines which highlight the relative insignificance of any individual within the magnitude of their surroundings. The artist’s Kuwait Stock Exchange perfectly encapsulates this conceptual aim, standing as the most recent iteration of the artist’s celebrated series.
The trading floors of the world’s financial markets are icons of capitalism and a model site of modernity. When explaining one of his images, Gursky claimed he wanted to create the “most contemporary possible view” (the artist in Lynne Cooke, “Andreas Gursky: Visionary (Per)versions” in Exh. Cat. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky – Photographs from 1984 to the Present, Düsseldorf 1998, p. 14). Capturing the place of refined financial speculation and the circulation of money, Kuwait Stock Exchange serves as a wider metaphor for the socioeconomic topography of our era. The Stock Exchange images, the first of which was Tokyo Stock Exchange from 1990, belong firmly within this newly articulated monumental style in which everyday scenes within huge public spaces are played out epically in front of Gursky’s incisively controlled lens. Dr. Nina Zimmer has enunciated the immense importance of this series of works, stating, “Few artists have managed to distill the specific characteristics of a certain culture, the mind-set of a generation, or the zeitgeist of an era into a single work. Just as a handful of iconic paintings have shaped our view of the Renaissance, so too has Andreas Gursky captured the essence of the economic and social situation of the late twentieth century” (Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum Basel, Andreas Gursky, Basel 2007, p. 69). Kuwait Stock Exchange encapsulates this concept, providing a record of this uniquely charged environment for posterity.
The singular quality of Gursky’s point of view is further emphasized by his unique compositional structure, created through the camera’s high vantage point, which produces an objective distance for the viewer, and has been deemed Gursky’s ‘God-like view.’ In the present work, the artist marries technical skill with this contemporary viewpoint and provides a poignant examination of the forces of globalization by capturing them in a single frame.
During the 1980s, Andreas Gursky emerged as one of the leading lights among a group of German photographers schooled by the eminent professors Bernd and Hilla Becher. Absorbing their systemically objective and rigorously conceptual style, Andreas Gursky's art provides a poetic commentary on our world, consisting of a series of monumental, animated vitrines which highlight the relative insignificance of any individual within the magnitude of their surroundings. The artist’s Kuwait Stock Exchange perfectly encapsulates this conceptual aim, standing as the most recent iteration of the artist’s celebrated series.
The trading floors of the world’s financial markets are icons of capitalism and a model site of modernity. When explaining one of his images, Gursky claimed he wanted to create the “most contemporary possible view” (the artist in Lynne Cooke, “Andreas Gursky: Visionary (Per)versions” in Exh. Cat. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Andreas Gursky – Photographs from 1984 to the Present, Düsseldorf 1998, p. 14). Capturing the place of refined financial speculation and the circulation of money, Kuwait Stock Exchange serves as a wider metaphor for the socioeconomic topography of our era. The Stock Exchange images, the first of which was Tokyo Stock Exchange from 1990, belong firmly within this newly articulated monumental style in which everyday scenes within huge public spaces are played out epically in front of Gursky’s incisively controlled lens. Dr. Nina Zimmer has enunciated the immense importance of this series of works, stating, “Few artists have managed to distill the specific characteristics of a certain culture, the mind-set of a generation, or the zeitgeist of an era into a single work. Just as a handful of iconic paintings have shaped our view of the Renaissance, so too has Andreas Gursky captured the essence of the economic and social situation of the late twentieth century” (Exh. Cat., Kunstmuseum Basel, Andreas Gursky, Basel 2007, p. 69). Kuwait Stock Exchange encapsulates this concept, providing a record of this uniquely charged environment for posterity.
The singular quality of Gursky’s point of view is further emphasized by his unique compositional structure, created through the camera’s high vantage point, which produces an objective distance for the viewer, and has been deemed Gursky’s ‘God-like view.’ In the present work, the artist marries technical skill with this contemporary viewpoint and provides a poignant examination of the forces of globalization by capturing them in a single frame.