NEO RAUCH, Hirt, 2001

NEO RAUCH, Hirt, 2001
30,6 x 27,4 x 12,1 cm
digital print, plexiglass, aluminum, light device, shoulder-bag
edition 100
signed, numbered
published by Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
not available

The first sketch of ‘Hirt’, a so-called mutant, was quickly out of sight when it was bought by a Swiss collector during a New York show. Later on, while making a second sketch of this mutant ‘Hirt’ Neo Rauch came up with the idea to create his Deerdog as a light object coming fully to life in the dark when switched on.


The light object itself.

History of prices:
Ketterer Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany 25 October 2008 € 1.220,- (incl. premium)
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin October 2001 € 330,-

RONI HORN, Untitled (To Nest), 2001

RONI HORN, Untitled (To Nest), 2001
framed: 46 x 66 cm / 26 x 18 inches
unframed: 40 x 61 cm / 16 x 26 inches
digital ink jet print
edition of 100
verso: signed, dated, numbered
not available

Horn is best known for introducing the personal to minimalist sculpture. Horn’s photographs function somewhere between empirical record and various kinds of repetition of that record. For her, the camera is more than simply a means of transcribing the surface detail and texture of things.

 

History of prices:
Counter Editions, London, England   € 1.100,- / GBP 885.- September 2012

JOHN M ARMLEDER, Rotorura Perpetual Glow Machine [film on DVD]

JOHN M ARMLEDER, Rotorura Perpetual Glow Machine, 2001
DVD, duration 1’23”, sound by Hans van Manen, booklet with text by Dirk van Weelden
limited edition 800
published by The Bifrons Foundation, Amsterdam, with co-organizer Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
€ 65,- plus € 8,- Track & Trace EU registered mail


 

This DVD is an unique combination of art and contemporary music. For this John Armleder, accompanied by Sylvie Fleury, filmed hot mud pools in Australia. The choreographer Hans van Manen proposed to have the bubbling mud sound covered by the shuffling sound of a ballet danser executing one of his dance pieces.
Each DVD of this Loud & Clear series is provided with a menu for single play and loop play. Therefore the film can also be played as a genuine piece of art on its own.

Poster Loud & Clear mounted on window of Solo Bar, Guangzhou, PR of China, 7-8 November 2004 announcing the screening of films produced by The Bifrons Foundation and concert of rockband Steamboat Switzerland.

DAN GRAHAM, paper shopping bag, 2001

DAN GRAHAM, paper shopping bag, 2001
49 x 40,5 cm / 19 x 15 inches
paper bag, offset print
signed
edition 1000 of which 29 signed
mint
published by Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada
Ref. Art Metropole shop, Toronto, Canada
€ 540,- plus € 24,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.DGra 603-pr

 

This is a large white paper shopping bag with a text work from March 31, 1966.

Dan Graham signed 29 copies for Art Metropole, apparently he also signed a limited number for different institutions. Nevertheless it is remarkable that this 1960’s text has been authorized again by his hand written signature on this small edition. Conceptual art created space for gigantic encompassing ideas compressed into a little text. Here a characteristic example of Conceptual art zooms in from macro to micro.

History of prices:

Art Metropole, Toronto, Canada CD$ 500.- February 2022
Bernaerts Auctioneers, Antwerp, Belgium € 400,- 12 October 2017 (hammer price)
Art Metropole, Toronta, Canada CD$ 150.- August 2014
Fine Arts, New York, USA US$ 450.- May 2013
DR Books CD$ 150.- March 2005

 

Extra information about original work:

JOHN BOCK, Gribbohm, 2001

JOHN BOCK, Gribbohm, 2001
30 x 24 x 1,2 cm / 11.8 x 9.6 x 0.5 inches
offset book with two double fold out pages, 116 pp.
German text, with English translation
edition unknown

History of prices, offered by
Barbar Wien/Lukatsch, Berlin, Germany € 80,- January 2013

John Bock’s stage-like walk-in sculptures constructed from fabrics and junk form the backdrop for his lavish semi-theatrical and semi-improvised performances. Referencing everything from rural life to various half-baked philosophies to the Vienna Actionists, a key influence on Bock, Bock’s performances blend topic fragments from the sciences, arts and the everyday into a volatile and enthralling mixture. The focus here is on the complex relationships between art and the social and between the social and the individual. Laid out in striking collage fashion. John Bock as Gribbohm traces 12 of Bock’s “lectures”, as he terms his performances, with copious illustrations and text by this artist who attempts to make sense of this world by creating one of his own devising. Mint condition.

HERBERT ZANGS, untitled, 2001 [monotype]

HERBERT ZANGS, untitled, 2001
32 x 24 cm (22 x 15,5)
monotype on envelope, acrylic paint, felt pen
series of ca 50 unique monotypes
inv.HZan 185
p.o.r.

Herbert Zangs made these series of monotypes for lenders and assistants of his exhibition. These were added to the first 50 copies of the accompanying signed catalogue published on behalf of his exhibition at the Kunstverein in Jena, Germany in 2001. A small part of the edition is signed with ‘ZANGS’ integrated in the image, the largest part of the edition has initials or just the letter ‘Z’ as shown here.

Some sources mention a series of no more than ca 20 monotypes.