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[Korea News] ‘낯설게 하기’를 선사하는 이명호의 예술적 전진
[허지영의 Korea Contemporary Artist] 아티스트 이명호② 이명호 작가를 일컫는 별칭은 ‘나무 작가’다. 그의 작업 전반을 아우르는 ‘사진-행위(Photography-Act) 프로젝트’ 시작점인 ‘나무 연작(Tree Series)’ 때문이다. 나무 뒤에 캔버스를 설치한 이 작업들은 이명호를 대표하는 시그니처가 됐다. 그의 이런 작업은 “캔버스 하나만으로 예술이 될 수 있다”는 생각에서 비롯됐다. 그는 한 인터뷰에서 “단순한 작업 같지만,…
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Lee Myoung-ho's Artistic Progress Presents ‘Alienation Effect’
A column that helps you understand Korean contemporary art The nickname for artist Lee Myoung-ho is ‘Tree Artist.’ This is because of the Tree Series, the starting point of the ‘Photography-Act project’ that encompasses his overall work. These works, which set up a canvas behind a tree, have become the…
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흰 캔버스를 통해 존재의 본질을 환기하다
한국 컨템포러리 아트는 어떻게 전개되고 있을까? 여기 그것을 확인할 수 있는 아티스트 한 명이 있다. 사진작가 이명호. 그는 어쩌면 혜성처럼 등장했다는 수사가 어울리는 아티스트다. 때는 2008년 여름. 네덜란드 암스테르담 사진미술관(Fotografie Museum Amsterdam)은 당대 영향력과 가능성을 품은 작가들을 꼽아 세계적 명망의 사진전문지 <폼(foam)>에 소개했다. 이때 한국 아티스트로는 처음 이명호가 호명됐다. 그의…
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Artist Lee Myoung-Ho Evokes the Essence of Existence Through a White Canvas
A column that helps you understand Korean contemporary art How is Korean contemporary art developing? Here's an artist to know: photographer Lee Myoung-ho. He is an artist who appeared like a comet, so to speak. It was in the summer of 2008 when the Fotografie Museum Amsterdam in the Netherlands…
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“Jewish Giant at Home with His Parents leads Hindman’s upcoming sale of Famous Photographs”
American entertainer Eddie Carmel was born with pituitary adenoma, which led to his gigantism. He was sometimes a carnival sideshow act, a film actor, a rock and roll singer, and a stand-up comedian. But he was not well known until Diane Arbus’s photo titled Jewish Giant, taken at Home with…
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Stair's An American Icon Sale: Property from the Collection of Joan Didion
American novelist and essayist Joan Didion (1934 - 2021) penned some of the most engaging, entertaining, and thought-provoking works of the 20th and early 21st centuries. Many of her most memorable pieces are based on personal experience, including subjects such as parenting, aging, loss, growth, and change. In 2013, Didion…
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James Turrell’s Ethereal Hologram 10 Leads the Way at Autumn Modern & Contemporary Fine Art Auction
Hologram #10, an electrified, mixed-media hologram and glass construction by James Turrell, is one of the leading lots in John Moran Auctioneers’ upcoming Autumn Modern & Contemporary Fine Art sale. Hologram #10 is an homage to abstract painting masters like Mark Rothko. A field of blue light emanates from backlit…
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The One and Only Photo of Neil Armstrong on the Moon and Iconic First Human-Clicked Image of Earth Come to Sale With Wright
The Apollo 11 mission with Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, Jr. was a massive moment in space history. On July 20, 1969, astronaut Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon. However, in most of the images, he's either partially visible or appears as…
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Auction of Historic Vintage Space Photographs Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Project Apollo
As NASA looks again to the moon 50 years after the final Apollo 17 mission, groundbreaking works from the collection of Victor Martin-Malburet offer a timely and historic invitation to reflect on the evolving legacy of Project Apollo and its resounding impacts on art, science, and human potential. Wright and…
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Antarctica in Historic Photos
French doctor and explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot certainly marked the world of polar exploration. A set of 88 plates and 55-period prints by the photographer Albert Senouque captures his 1908 expedition in images. Albert Senouque (1882-1969), set of 88 gelatin silver bromide negative glass plates contained in nine cardboard boxes (13…
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Ghosts, Séances, and the Afterlife: Talking About Spooky Spirits With Potter & Potter Auctions' Gabe Fajuri
With Halloween right on the horizon, the time couldn't be more perfect to check in with Chicago's Potter & Potter Auctions about the company’s upcoming Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part III magic sale. This 370-lot event, to be held on October 29, 2022, features a fantastic offering of…
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Everard’s Oct. 18-20 Fall Southern Estates auction series highlighted by renowned John and Virginia Duncan collection of antiques and Lowcountry treasures
Amassed over 75 years, Duncan collection encompasses fine, folk & ethnographic art; antiques, furniture, rare maps and broad range of material culture of Southeastern United States SAVANNAH, Ga. – Everard Auctions takes great pleasure in announcing highlights of its Oct. 18 Fall Southern Estates auction to be followed on October…
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Around the Auction World: September 2022
What were the top stories in the auction industry this month? Illustrations for Moby-Dick. Image courtesy of Christie’s. Auction Highlights Book lovers flocked to Christie’s for a timed auction of all things Herman Melville this month. The auction house presented a timed sale of the Herman Melville Collection of William…
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Around the Auction World: July 2022
What is the latest news from around the auction world this July? The highly-anticipated Coeur d’Alene Art Auction of 2022 netted a respectable USD 16.4 million this month after setting numerous world records for American Western artists. Phillips reported a record mid-year high in sales, as well as the opening…
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Astrid Ullens: From Contemporary Art to Photography, a Committed Collector
Astrid Ullens de Schooten Whettnall was born into a family that entertained the doctor and writer Georges Duhamel, soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and conductor Herbert von Karajan. A contemporary art and photography collector, she created the Fondation A Stichting 10 years ago. Astrid Ullens How did you begin collecting?I started with…
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Modern Artworks by Aboudia and Samuel Fosso Highlight Bonhams’ Upcoming African Art Sale
Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, also known as Aboudia, is celebrated for his multilayered art influenced by the graffiti and street culture of his hometown, Abidjan, Ivory Coast. His characteristic murals and massive canvases depict frenzied scenes with street children as the central subject. An untitled artwork by Aboudia is a key highlight…
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Claude Monet Painting and Michael Simon Pottery Lead Marvelous Mid Century, Pottery & Paintings Sale
A train from Normandy with a large bellow of smoke and steam rising in the air is depicted in an oil painting attributed to Claude Monet. A large crowd of people surround the train. A closer look shows the colorful details of the street and people. Monet’s signature verifies that…
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The Edmonde and Lucien Treillard Collection: Man Ray and His Fellow Surrealists
In this second sale of the Treillard Collection, photos, screen prints and Surrealist objects by Man Ray will go hand in hand with pictures by several of his artistic collaborators, including Jacques-André Boiffard. Man Ray (1890-1976), Self-Portrait, 1932, silver gelatin print, original vintage contact, solarization, 8.5 x 5.5 cm/3.3 x 2.2 in.Estimate:…
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5 LGBTQ+ Artists to Know This Pride Month
June marks Pride Month, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ individuals, history, and culture. Visibility is an ongoing challenge for LGBTQ+ individuals, especially in traditional sectors like the auction world. This Pride Month, Auction Daily profiles five contemporary LGBTQ+ artists to watch. Zanele Muholi. Image courtesy of Najib Nafid via ART…
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Gérard and Jeanne-Yvonne Borg: Art, Circus Memorabilia and a Collection
Rare posters, paintings, Japanese prints, photographs, costumes and objects from the circus world make up the Rouen couple’s unique collection, which has won international recognition. © Marie-Pierre Moinet Your collection is unlike any other: when and how did you start it?We began with modest budgets before we were 20. Passion,…
