Auction
Urban Contemporary Art - 21 October 2010 - Dreweatts (London)
The 105 lots being offered for sale will pre-view at Bristol’s Paintworks from 1st to 4th October and then be on view in Shoreditch From 10th October until the sale at 6.30pm on the 14th. Headlining the sale will be a number of original works by Banksy [most notably his first ‘vandalised oil’ executed in 2001 depicting a helicopter gunship stencilled over a classical oil of a genteel seaside panorama, estimated at £150,000-250,000] together with several canvasses by fellow Bristolian Nick Walker, London’s Adam Neate, Brazil’s Jose Parla and representations from the international duos Os Gêmeos and Faile; both recent participants in Tate Modern’s Summer Street Art exhibition.
The sale also features unique works by many of the movement’s best-known names and influences: Blek le Rat (France), Titifreak (Brazil), Sweet Toof, Seen (USA), Antony Micallef, Paul Insect, Hush, Connor Harrington, Word to Mother, Jamie Reid (of Sex Pistols fame), Cyclops, Guy Denning, Futura2000, Ian Francis, Ron English, Duster, D*Face, Kelsey Brooks, Jeff Soto, Mantis (South Africa), Anthony Lister (Australia) and Aiko (Japan ex Faile).
Of the primary works created specifically for the sale, London’s Dr D, Goldie and Eelus together with Bristol’s Mau Mau, Inkie, Jim Starr, Dicy, Dora, Rowdy and SPQR are making a return after Dreweatts’ June sale, and are being joined by auction virgins Ame72, CBloxx, Italy’s Dan, Germany’s Herakut, K-Guy, RYCA and David Walker.
Dreweatts’ head of Urban Art, Mary McCarthy, commented “We are pleased to be exhibiting such a wide range of primary and secondary works from the broadest spectrum of international street artists, many of whose original works are extraordinarily difficult to acquire. Dreweatts’ focus on authenticity promises both collectors and the viewing public a truly unique Urban Art experience and we again expect our new artists to establish noteworthy auction benchmarks.”
“Dreweatts has firmly embraced Urban Art as a mainstream component of the Contemporary Art market and with this second sale we seek to further broaden the representation of these artists’ works in both private and public collections. Through close collaboration with a number of artists and their agents Dreweatts are effectively demonstrating the role that a modern auctioneer can play in the development of an artist’s career and market” noted Dreweatts’ chairman, Stephan Ludwig.
