JEREMY DELLER, Voodoo Ray / Ooh-oo-hoo ah-ha ha yeah, 2013
12 inch vinyl
screen printed sleeve,
limited signed edition 50
published by The Vinyl Factory, London, UK
not available
In the summer of 2013 The Vinyl Factory collaborated with Deller on the soundtrack to ‘English Magic’, his film work exhibited in Venice in the same year; for which the music is composed of three cover versions of classic British songs: ‘Voodoo Ray’, ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ (by David Bowie) and ‘Symphony in D Minor’ (by Ralph Vaughan Williams) and played by the Melodians Steel Orchestra, an English/Trinidadian steel band, and produced by Deller at Abbey Road Studios.
The Melodians Steel Orchestra performed at both the Pavilion’s official inauguration on the 29th May 2013 and later that evening at The Vinyl Factory & British Council party on the Isla Vignole, Venice, alongside with Scottish DJ/duo Optimo, long-time friends and collaborators with Deller. A remix of three track 12″ features with vocal, instrumental and bonus beats by Scottish DJ/duo Optimo.
Inspired by this party, here JD Twitch from Optimo has remixed ‘Voodoo Ray’ into a joyous piano-house stomper in a vein similar to the now hard-to-find Frankie Knuckles re-work from back in the day, with vocals from the Melodians.
In 2001 The Vinyl Factory began as a pressing company after purchasing the manufacturing equipment from EMI. For two years, they completed orders left over from EMI’s company, which helped to keep and maintain a loyal customer base. In 2008, it expanded into a record label. The Vinyl Factory has presented solo exhibitions by Ragnar Kjartansson, Ryoji Ikeda, Carsten Nicolai, a.o.
History of price:
Price in year of issue € 180,- / GBP 150.-
ANTHONY GORMLEY, Domain, 2013
38 x 30,3 cm
etching
edition 100
numbered, signed
published by Baltic, Gateshead, England
p.o.r.
The installation ‘Domain Field’ (2003) at Baltic in Gateshead comprises 287 sculptures made of measurements from volunteers living in Newcastle and Gateshead resulting in a myriad of stainless steel trajectories, giving the impression of a field of human figures in steel representing the particular presence of a living inhabitant of Gateshead and Newcastle.
The etching ‘Domain’ (2013) represents an abstract human body with a Gormley-spiky background.
RAGNAR KJARTANSSON, Think Piece, 2013 [set of Icelandic and English version]
(Það er fallegt en sorglegt að vera manneskja / It is beautiful but sad to be a human being)
each ca 8 x 8 x 10 cm
ball of glass with text, red ribbon with text, cardboard box
Christmas ball in original silver coloured box with small booklets in English and Icelandic
signed in print on each object
limited edition
set of two balls € 240,-
Ragnar Kjartansson says the following about this work: “It was Christmas night, 1998, and I was sitting in the living room with my father. Everyone else had gone to bed, the candles were burning out, and rain was falling on the Christmas snow outside. My father usually gets a bit drunk at Christmas and feels it’s important to use the festive occasion to instruct his son in the principles of life. This Christmas he was in a particularly good mood. We were smoking cigars and he had a glass of cognac in his hand. Suddenly, his breath heavy, he said: “Ragnar, I need to tell you something, and it is the most important thing that I will ever tell you.” He closed his eyes and there was a long silence. Then he said: “It is beautiful but sad to be a human being.” It had a profound effect on me. Now this truthful contradiction decorates the Globe of Goodwill.”
MARC BIJL, Burnt by the sun (after Malevich), 2013
33 x 33 cm
screen print, airbrush, glitters
signed, numbered
edition 40
published by Plaats Maken, Arnhem, Netherlands
€ 285,- + € 15,- Track & Trace regisitered EU mail
inv.MBij 000-pr
MARC BIJL, Queen, 2013
50 x 50 cm
screenprint, airbrush, glitters
signed, numbered
edition 40
published by Plaats Maken, Arnhem, Netherlands
order at Plaats Maken: https://www.plaatsmaken.nl/nl/galerie/webshop/burnt-by-the-sun-after-malevich-zwartwit-kunst-online-kopen-maxima-marc-bijl-marcbijl
RAGNAR KJARTANSSON, Think Piece (Það er fallegt en sorglegt að vera manneskja*), 2013
ca 8 x 8 x 10 cm
ball of glass with printed text, red ribbon with text, cardboard box
Christmas ball in original silver coloured box with small booklets in English and Icelandic
signed in print
limited edition
€ 140,-
* English trans. It is beautiful but sad to be a human being
AI WEIWEI, Maybe being powerful means to be fragile, 2013
skateboard
hand numbered, signed in print on deck
edition 150
mint
published by TheSK8room.com
€ 795,- + € 15,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
inv.AWei 000-pr
This is part of a set of hand-numbered and signed skateboard decks by Chinese artist and dissident, Ai Weiwei. These carry recognisable images from his oeuvre, including porcelain crabs and sesame seeds, accompanied by one of Ai’s aphorisms, such as “The World is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility” and “There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship in the world.”
History of prices:
Roseberys, London, UK 9 March, 2021 € 584,- (hammer price)
TheSK8room.com September 2013 € 300,- (year of issue)
AI WEIWEI, There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship in the world, 2013
skateboard
hand numbered, signed in print on deck
edition 150
published by TheSK8room.com
This is part of a set of hand-numbered and signed skateboard decks by Chinese artist and dissident, Ai Weiwei. These carry recognisable images from his oeuvre, including porcelain crabs and sesame seeds, accompanied by one of Ai’s aphorisms, such as “The World is not changing if you don’t shoulder the burden of responsibility” and “There are no outdoor sports as graceful as throwing stones at a dictatorship in the world.”
