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Artcurial to offer major urban art pieces from a private collection

Shepard Fairey, Your Eyes Here, 2010, pochoir, peinture aérosol et collage sur toile, collection particulière, estimation : 30 000 – 50 000 € / 33 000 – 55 000 $ (left)  Shepard Fairey, OBEY Eye, 2010, pochoir, peinture aérosol et collage sur toile, collection particulière, estimation : 35 000 – 45 000 € / 38 500 – 49 500 $ (right). 3

PARIS.- For the first time, on 28th February 2017, the Artcurial Urban Art department is presenting a sale entirely dedicated to the dispersion of a private collection. Entitled « Urban Anthology », this set of 23 works offers a prospective of the most iconic urban artists from the last decades. From historical graffiti from the 1990’s by the American Rammellzee to a Pablo Picasso-inspired Banksy, a monumental two-meters high Companion by Kaws, these major urban art pieces are the reflection of the conviction and audacity animated by the choices of this collector. In order to magnify the precursory spirit of the collector who gathered these works together, Artcurial wished to stage the collection in a place symbolizing creation. The pieces were photographed at the National Dance Centre in Pantin, a concrete building dating from the 1970’s, when graffiti art appeared in New York. They blend seamlessly with the venue’s singular architecture, revealing themselves throughout the visit. « We wanted to put forward the diverging aesthetics of the set as the common thread, in a particular universe, namely the National Dance Centre. This is not "street art", it is primarily an aesthetic: pop, underground, challenging. » --Arnaud Oliveux, Auctioneer, Urban Art department, Artcurial « A major piece in urban art is one that is a prolongation of pop art, one which pushes you to redefine your daily urban environment, intrigues with a detail, a colour, a proportion. » --Fabien Naudan, Vice-president, Artcurial An urban art anthology Named « Urban Anthology from a private collector », this private collection gathers together the most iconic urban art artists, brought together by a passionate collector. An Urban Art and Contemporary Art enthusiast, he met with the most celebrated members of the movement, purchasing the very best pieces found on the market. These major works document the various stages of urban art. Within the collection, three pieces by the American Rammellzee – on canvas, wood and Plexiglas– illustrate historical graffiti from the 1990’s. The oldest one, named Tughnote Trixter Bolt from 4 Assassin, dates from 1985 (estimate: €20,000 – €30,000/ $22,000 – $33,000). Modern urban scenes are represented by essential figures, including Americans, such as Shepard Fairey. Six of his famous stencils appear in the collection, such as the large scale OBEY Eye estimated €35,000 – €45,000 / $38,500 – $49,500, and Your Eyes Here (estimate: €30,000 – €50,000 / and $33,000 – $55,000). A one of a kind Kaws piece is also up for auction: a monumental version of the famous Companion (Original Fake). More than two meters in height, it is the first time a figure of this size is sold at auction in the world (estimate: €150,000 – €250,000 / $165,000 – $275,000). The art of deflection The coherence of the set? The art of deflection. The 23 pieces in this collection intrigue and lead us to wonder. Behind their apparent aesthetic simplicity, they deliver a more complex message, often a criticism of society by the artist. A diversion symbolized by the marble and wood stele entitled Picasso Quote engraved with the Pablo Picasso quotation: "Bad artists imitate, great artists steal", on which Banksy scratches out the Catalan painter’s signature, etching his own below (estimate : € 100,000 - €200,000 / $110,000 - $220,000). With Rodeo Girl, the British artist tackles two icons of the popular American culture: the rodeo and the pin-up by presenting this toothless and overlapping a bomb of painting, irreverent symbol of the Art contestant (estimate: €200,000 - €300,000 / $220,000 - $330,000). This art of diversion is also found in the works of Stephen Sprouse Orange, Rose and Speaker Stack (estimate: €5 000 - €7 000 / $ 5 500 - $ 7 700). This "Warhol child," whose style is permeated with irreverent punk and pop, mixed fashion and art by reinventing the Louis Vuitton monogram, in 2000’s. Among the dissident artists in this collection, Barry McGee is to be noted, a well-known figure State side for his sharp criticism of advertising and consumer society with Untitled, a four-meters wide work composed of 76 elements. Chris Johanson, Kenny Sharf, Ryan McGinness and Jules de Balincourt also figure in the collection.

11:39 am / Home Last Week Artists Galleries Museums Photographers Games Subscribe Comments Search Contact 11:44 am / The First Art Newspaper on the Net   Established in 1996 Portugal Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Award-winning architect Diébédo Francis Kéré to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2017 Serpentine Pavilion 2017, Designed by Francis Kéré, Design Render, Exterior ©Kéré Architecture. 4    LONDON.- Diébédo Francis Kéré, the award-winning architect from Gando, Burkino Faso, has been commissioned to design the Serpentine Pavilion 2017, responding to the brief with a bold, innovative structure that brings his characteristic sense of light and life to the lawns of Kensington Gardens. Kéré, who leads the Berlin-based practice Kéré Architecture, is the seventeenth architect to accept the Serpentine Galleries’ invitation to design a temporary Pavilion in its grounds. Since its launch in 2000, this annual commission of an international architect to build his or her first structure in London at the time of invitation has become one of the most anticipated events in the global cultural calendar and a leading visitor attraction during London’s summer season. Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist and CEO Yana Peel made their selection of the architect, with advisors David Adjaye and Richard Rogers. Inspired by the tree that serves as a central meeting point for life in his home town of Gando, Francis Kéré has designed a responsive Pavilion that seeks to connect its visitors to nature – and each other. An expansive roof, supported by a central steel framework, mimics a tree’s canopy, allowing air to circulate freely while offering shelter against London rain and summer heat. Kéré has positively embraced British climate in his design, creating a structure that engages with the ever-changing London weather in creative ways. The Pavilion has four separate entry points with an open air courtyard in the centre, where visitors can sit and relax during sunny days. In the case of rain, an oculus funnels any water that collects on the roof into a spectacular waterfall effect, before it is evacuated through a drainage system in the floor for later use in irrigating the park. Both the roof and wall system are made from wood. By day, they act as solar shading, creating pools of dappled shadows. By night, the walls become a source of illumination as small perforations twinkle with the movement and activity from inside. As an architect, Kéré is committed to socially engaged and ecological design in his practice, as evidenced by his award-winning primary school in Burkina Faso, pioneering solo museum shows in Munich and Philadelphia, and his immersive installation in the 2014 exhibition Sensing Spaces at London’s Royal Academy. Building on these ideas, Kéré’s Serpentine Pavilion will host a programme of events exploring questions of community and rights to the city, as well as the continuation of Park Nights, the Serpentine’s public performance series, supported by COS. Now in its third year, Build Your Own Pavilion, the digital platform and nationwide architecture campaign supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, will invite young people to consider the relationship between architecture and public space, to ask critical questions about the future of their cities and to design the cities in which they would like to live. Kéré’s design follows Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), whose ‘unzipped wall’ structure was visited by more than 250,000 people in 2016, making it one of the most visited Pavilions to date. Four commissioned Summer Houses in 2016 by Kunlé Adeyemi – NLÉ (Amsterdam/Lagos), Barkow Leibinger (Berlin/New York), Yona Friedman (Paris) and Asif Khan (London), attracted almost 160,000 visitors. Diébédo Francis Kéré, architect of the 17th Serpentine Pavilion, said: “As an architect, it is an honour to work in such a grand park, especially knowing the long history of how the gardens evolved and changed into what we see today. Every path and tree, and even the Serpentine lake, were all carefully designed. I am fascinated by how this artificial landscape offered a new way for people in the city to experience nature. In Burkina Faso, I am accustomed to being confronted with climate and natural landscape as a harsh reality. For this reason, I was interested in how my contribution to this Royal Park could not only enhance the visitor’s experience of nature, but also provoke a new way for people to connect with each other.” Serpentine Galleries CEO, Yana Peel, and Artistic Director, Hans Ulrich Obrist, said: “We are thrilled to reveal the designs for Francis Kéré’s Pavilion, which highlight the power of simplicity by reducing architecture to its core elements, modelled in harmony with the natural context of Royal Kensington Gardens. This Pavilion will be a space of conversation, collaboration and exchange. We share Kéré’s belief that architecture, at its best, can enhance our collective creativity and push people to take the future into their own hands.” Richard Gnodde, Vice Chairman of the Goldman Sacks Group Inc. and CEO of Goldman Sachs International, said: “We are delighted to support the Serpentine’s Summer Pavilion programme for a third year running. Francis Kéré’s design this year promises to celebrate the diversity, vibrancy and collaborative potential of communities, something we value deeply at Goldman Sachs.” David Glover, Technical Advisor said: "The Serpentine Pavilion is about the opportunity of using everyday materials and techniques in innovative and creative ways that challenge our perception of architecture. Francis Kéré and his team have achieved this by creating a Pavilion that, through the use of colour and form, will continually morph under the influence of light, shadow, its users and the surrounding park to surprise and delight the visitor.” The annual Serpentine Pavilion commission has become an international site for architectural experimentation, presenting projects by some of the world's greatest architects, from Zaha Hadid in 2000 to Bjarke Ingels Group in 2016. The brief is to design a 300-square-metre Pavilion that is used as a community hub and café by day and a forum for learning, debate and entertainment at night. Each Pavilion is sited on the Serpentine Gallery's lawn for four months and the immediacy of the commission makes it a pioneering model worldwide. The selection of an architect, someone who has consistently extended the boundaries of architectural practice but is yet to build a structure in London, is led by the curatorial approach that guides all Serpentine programming: introducing contemporary artists and architects to the widest public audience. The Serpentine Pavilion is among the top ten most visited architectural and design exhibitions in the world. There is no budget for the project, which is realised through sponsorship, in-kind support and the sale of the Pavilion. The Best Photos of the Day A picture taken on February 20, 2017 in Lausanne shows a marble statue representing Swiss critic and theologian Alexandre Vinet with a traffic cone on the top of his head. FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP