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Conceptual Art Bonvicini, Monica
Minimal Romantik.
See original version (German)
368
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Conceptual Art Bonvicini, Monica
Minimal Romantik.
See original version (German)
Estimate €500 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
Conceptual Art
Bonvicini, Monica
Minimal Romantik. 2005. Digital pigment print on semi-transparent film. 68.2 x 75 cm. Signed and numbered. - Overall very good condition. An excellent, nuanced print of the full-format composition.
One of 40 copies. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York, on the occasion of the 51st Venice Biennale, 2005. - This edition documents Bonvicini’s work of the same name at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005: a cube made of white Ytong blocks, the dimensions of which were those of a sculpture by Sol LeWitt; during the opening days, its surface was chiselled away by construction workers, modelled on Caspar David Friedrich’s *The Ice Sea*, without the artist having provided them with precise instructions on how to proceed. The title refers to the collision expressed by the work: minimalism meets Romanticism, conceptual rigour meets painterly gesture, and the formal cube is transformed into rubble through physical labour. Bonvicini’s work is regarded as paradigmatic for a generation of artists who conceive of space and architecture as material with which to negotiate discourses on power and politics.
Conceptual Art. – Digital pigment print on semi-transparent foil. Signed and numbered. - Overall, very good. Excellent, nuanced printing of the full-page composition. - One of 40 copies. - Published by Edition Schellmann, Munich/New York. On the occasion of the 51st Venice Biennale, 2005. - This edition documents Bonvicini’s work of the same name at the 51st Venice Biennale in 2005: a cube made of white Ytong blocks, the dimensions of a Sol LeWitt sculpture, whose surface was chiselled away by construction workers during the opening days, modelled on Caspar David Friedrich’s *The Ice Sea*, without the artist having provided them with precise instructions on how to proceed. The title refers to the collision expressed by the work: minimalism meets Romanticism, conceptual rigour meets painterly gesture, and the formal cube is transformed into rubble through physical labour. Bonvicini’s work is regarded as paradigmatic for a generation of artists who conceive of space and architecture as material for negotiating discourses on power and politics.
*This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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