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A New Wave Of Contemporary Artists At Bonhams
http://www.bonhams.com/urbanart
Adam Neate, Aiko, Anthony Lister, Antony Micallef, Banksy, Blek le Rat, Dan Baldwin,
D*Face, Eelus, Faile, Jef Aerosol, Jose Parla, Keith Haring, Matt Small, Paul
Insect, Seen, Shepard Fairey
Contemporary artworks by a new wave of emerging artists will be offered in The
Urban Art sale at Bonhams flagship salerooms in New Bond Street, London on Thursday
23 October 2008 at 7pm. The works are fresh, edgy, politically engaging and challenging.
The sale follows the success of the world's first dedicated Urban Art sale,
which took place at Bonhams earlier this year.
The Urban Art sale will focus on a series of artists who are inspired by the aesthetic
of the street, with work in mediums that are almost exclusive to this culture,
such as stencil spray painting, flyposting and the incorporation of discarded
items. Artists represented in the sale include: Adam Neate, Aiko, Banksy, Blek
le Rat, Dan Baldwin, D*Face, Eelus, Faile, Jose Parla, Keith Haring, Jef Aerosol,
Matt Small, Paul Insect, Seen and Shepard Fairey. This innovative sale reflects
urban art's transition from an underground subculture to the mainstream.
Urban Art specialist, Gareth Williams says," Urban Art is an international
phenomena and we have created a sale which reflects this with artists representing
five continents. This auction is a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase some
of the most established names in the field alongside a host of exciting and emerging
artists who have not yet gained the recognition that they deserve."
Highlights in the sale include:
Banksy (British, born 1975) 'Toxic Mary'
stencil spray paint on plywood panels £80,000-120,000
Banksy (British, born 1975) 'Everytime I Make Love To You I Think of Someone Else'
marker pen stencil spray paint & acrylic
on canvas £60,000-80,000
Adam Neate (British, born 1977) 'The Eternal Triangle', 2007
mixed media on cardboard £35,000 - 45,000
Faile (American, Canadian, Japanese) Berretta, 2005
Acrylic, stencil spray paint and screenprint £25,000-35,000
Antony Micallef (British, born 1975) 'Girl with Balloons', 2005
oil, acrylic and charcoal on canvas £20,000 - 30,000
Blek Le Rat (French, born 1952) 'Man Who Walks Through Walls With a Sheep', 2007
stencil spraypaint on canvas £8,000 - 12,000
Dan Baldwin (British, born 1972) 'Politics', 2004/5
Mixed media on board £6,000 - 8,000
Aiko (Japanese) 'Bunny Girl', 2006
stencil spray paint on canvas £2,000 - 3,000
The growth of interest in Urban Art has evolved over the past five years at Bonhams,
championed by artists such as Banksy. In April 2007, a spray paint on steel titled
'Space Girl and Bird' by Banksy, soared twenty times its estimate
to fetch £288,000, creating a new auction world record at the time. A bidding
war also broke out for an oil and spray paint on canvas titled 'Self Portrait'
by Banksy. The price rose to five times its estimate to fetch £198,000 after
six telephone bidders battled it out.
In February 2008, interest for works was at fever-pitch throughout the sale with
99% of the work selling to international buyers and collectors. Many works by
artists were met with a round of applause during the sale and cheers and more
applause continued at the end of the sale. A portrait of the model Kate Moss by
Banksy sold for £96,000, more than triple its high estimate of £30,000
and Adam Neate's works, The Apprentice, painted on cardboard, sold for was sold
over estimate to make £43,000. At the time, the sale broke several auction
world records for artists such as Guy Denning, Invader, Nick Walker and Blek le
Rat.
For further information please contact Michelle Gonsalves on 0207 468 8340 or
email press@bonhams.com
www.bonhams.com/urbanart
NOTES FOR EDITORS
Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's oldest and largest auctioneers
of fine art and antiques. The present company was formed by the merger in November
2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son and Neale UK. In August 2002, the
company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast
of America and in August 2003, Goodmans, a leading Australian fine art and antiques
auctioneer with salerooms in Sydney, joined the Bonhams Group of Companies. Today,
Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms
in London: New Bond Street, and Knightsbridge, and a further seven throughout
the UK. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and Boston
in the USA; and Switzerland, France, Monaco, Australia, Hong Kong and Dubai. Bonhams
has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries
offering sales advice and valuation services in 50 specialist areas. For a full
listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, go
to www.bonhams.com. (January 2008)
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