The specialist's choice – Karin Aringer lists art favourites
Specialists choice Karin Aringer
We have spoken with Karin Aringer, Specialist Photography and Contemporary Art, who talks about the selection at this autumn's Contemporary Art & Design. She also takes the opportunity to list some of her favourite objects among the substantial amount of international contemporary art, prints and photography at this autumn's auction.
What can we look forward to in this falls Contemporary Art & Design auction?
– This season, we have a contemporary auction with about 500 items, divided into art, photography, design and graphics categories. We have seen increased interest in sculpture from our customers, making it particularly pleasing to present a large sculpture section at this auction. It includes works by Andreas Eriksson, Lena Cronqvist, Charlotte Gyllenhammar, Maria Miesenberger, Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, Klara Lidén and Donald Baechler, among others.
The photography department offers both classic black-and-white photography and contemporary conceptual colour images. Many of the artists have had exhibitions in museums and galleries during the year, including Terry O'Neill, whose images we saw at Fotografiska, and Annika Elisabeth von Hausswolff, whose work has been presented at Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Malmö. Christer Strömholm also shows a recently opened major exhibition at the National Museum.
The auction is so diverse, with works from the 1960s to the present day, so I think there is something for everyone in this autumn's catalogue. It's exactly this broad mix that makes it so much fun going to auctions. Suddenly you can see the affinities between artists working in entirely different genres and decades.
If you have any questions about any of the works, please feel free to contact my colleagues or me.
When is the viewing and auction?
Viewing: 21 – 25 October, Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm.
Open: Mon–Fri 11 AM – 6 PM, Sat–Sun, 11 AM –4 PM.
Auction: 26 October, Arsenalsgatan 2, Stockholm.
Bill Brandt ”Francis Bacon on Primrose Hill, London”
In this image, we find two icons: Bill Brandt, an innovative photographer whose hallmarks are somewhat raw, grainy, high-contrast images, and the well-known artist Francis Bacon. The subject is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, among others.
To "Francis Bacon on Primrose Hill, London”
Christer Strömholm "Madrid"
Christer Strömholm took the portrait of the unknown lady in Madrid in the 1950s, a few years before the American photographer Diane Arbus photographed her veiled lady in New York in 1968. It's fascinating how certain subjects can recur throughout art history and still be so unique depending on who was holding the camera or the brush.
To "Madrid"
Charlotte Gyllenhammar "In waiting"
Charlotte Gyllenhammar's sculptures often depict children in different situations. I am very fond of her public sculptures, and this particular motif is available in a larger version in the square in the Farsta town centre.
To "In waiting"
Malick Sidibé "Regardez-moi"
Malick Sidibé's amazing picture taken in a nightclub in the Malian capital Bamako in 1962 makes me very happy. Sidibé was awarded the Hasselblad Prize in 2003, and this is one of his most famous subjects.
To "Regardez-moi"
Robert Frank "Covered Car, Long Beach, California"
Robert Frank's 1956 photograph "Covered Car, Long Beach, California" is an iconic image. It is one of 83 subjects published in Frank's groundbreaking 1959 photo book "The Americans". Robert Frank's photographs have, in many ways, become symbols of the American 1950s and have inspired photographers and film directors worldwide.
To "Covered Car, Long Beach, California"
Stockholm
Louise Wrede
Specialist Contemporary Art, Private Sales
+46 (0)739 40 08 19
Stockholm
Karin Aringer
Specialist Photographs and Contemporary Art
+46 (0)702 63 70 57
Stockholm
Björn Extergren
Head of Consignment and Sales Department, Fine Art. Specialist Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts and Asian Ceramics
+46 (0)706 40 28 61
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