Travel with me #27: My experience of the Sotheby Auction Company.
Dear fellow steemians:
Whenever someone mentions the UK, you will probably think of the Big Ben, the London Eye, fish and chips, and probably shopping? But aside from these, there's also lots of museums worth visiting too. Today, i'd like to introduce another English speciality--Auctions!
Whenever someone mentions the UK, you will probably think of the Big Ben, the London Eye, fish and chips, and probably shopping? But aside from these, there's also lots of museums worth visiting too. Today, i'd like to introduce another English speciality--Auctions!
Sotheby and Christie's are world famous auction houses with roots from the UK. They have built up their reputation and quite a fortune. Their primary activity is holding auctions of top grade goods all over the world and are naturally competitors. I heard about the Sotheby Auction Company some years ago and decided to have a visit with my friends after attending the London Fashion Week.
All pictures below are all my own photography
Sotheby Auction Company is located on New Bond Street, London. When you walk into the Sotheby Auction Company, the first impression is that it feels like a museum. They have 3 different rooms; the gallery, auction room and the restaurant. On that particular day, there was a preview of the Bear Witness Exhibition, so we visited the gallery first.
Sotheby's Auction House:
Auctioneers founded by bookseller in 1744, expanded to include fine/decorative arts and jewellery.
34-35 New Bond St, Mayfair, London W1A 2AA, UK
+44 20 7293 5000
Another office in Manhattan York Avenue, New York.
The Mickey Mouse exhibit at the door catches my eye, it feels like i'm in Disney Land
PADDY GORDON FOR DISNEY
ARMCHAIR AND OTTOMAN
Estimate 400 — 600 Lot Sold 3,000
The collection is curated extremely well. I felt as if I walked into a science fiction film and it's some time in the future. Although i'm not a professional, I do have a high appreciation and passion for art.
This table was put in the Lobby and I quite like it as an art piece. It reminds me of a table I once saw in the Rick Owens shop. However, I'm not sure i'd like something like this in my home, no doubt it's an impressive piece of art work, but i'd actually be quite scared by it if I was making a trip to the toilet at night. Maybe in the future when people have robots in their house, this table will be accepted as the norm by many customers.
ALLEN JONES
B.1937
TABLE SCULPTURE
Rick Owens shop
Source.
These are some details I found about the table:
fiberglass, resin, leather and glass
75.5 by 140 by 86cm.; 29 3/4 by 55 1/8 by 33 7/8 in.
Executed in 1972, this work is from an edition of 6.
Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausen, Erotic Art 2, New York 1970, nos. 229-230, another example illustrated
Exhibition Catalogue: London, Marlborough Fine Art, Allen Jones New Paintings and Sculpture, 1972, n.p., another example illustrated in colour
Exhibition Catalogue: Tokyo, Seibu; Nagoya, Meitetsu, Allen Jones, 1974, n.p., another example illustrated in colour
Exhibition Catalogue: London, Royal Academy of Arts, Allen Jones, London 2014, p. 70, no. 35, another example illustrated in colour
On to the very cool main exhibits:
This exhibition is about discovering the strange and yet interesting works of contemporary art and other artefacts.
It features works by a number of well known pioneers of post-war contemporary art including the likes of Andy Warhol, Mark Rthoko, Gerhard Richter, Ed Ruscha and Marina Abramović. It's main theme is the bear and skull which is presented in numerous mediums and art-forms. Whether it's an object of beauty or strange and uncanny, all the items here were offered for sale by a single owner!
The recurring theme of this collection is as I mentioned before, the bear and skull and features famous artists like Warhol, Hirst and Rothko. It also Renaissance-era marble skulls and 19th century theatrical props. It's truly a testament to the unique taste and passion of the collector.
The huge excitement generated throughout the week by our extraordinary “Bear Witness” exhibition carried straight through into tonight’s sale
PAOLA PIVI, Life is Great, 2007.
Estimate £50,000–70,000.
The bear is my second favourite exhibit, I love his shaggy hair and disrupted posture. It's hard to see from the photo, but the bear is at least twice taller than anyone else.
XAVIER VEILHAN
THE BEAR NO. 3
MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ, Carrying the Skeleton, 2008.
Estimate £20,000–30,000.
The paintings below are like performance art.
Very interesting 3D art.
Very special sculpture.
Below are some more contemporary works of art (possibly NSFW).
VANESSA BEECROFT
TRIPTYCH 2
This concludes the first part of my experience at the Bear Witness Sotheby Auction Exhibition. I hope you found it interesting! Do let me know what you think in the comments!
提起英国，你能想到去看看大本钟，伦敦眼，尝尝炸鱼薯条，再去逛逛街？其实呢，还有一堆有趣的博物馆等着你。今天我想和大家一起去看看英国的另一个特产---拍卖公司。 享誉世界的苏富比和佳士得都是英国起家的老字号拍卖公司，它们在世界各地都有举办高档物品的拍卖活动，当然它们也互为竞争对手。苏富比的拍卖公司很特别，里面有和博物馆一样大的展示厅，还有拍卖的包间和餐厅。所以也有大量感兴趣艺术的人们和游客来这里参观，我和朋友参加完学校伦敦时装周的活动，就来到了新邦德街的苏富比拍卖公司。当天正好赶上*Bear Witness Exhibition*拍卖活动的预展，正好进去看一看。一进门这个米老鼠的椅子吸引了我，等一下，我们在迪斯尼乐园吗？这一次预展，苏富比在策划预展上下了很大功夫，走进去就感觉到了科幻电影的世界里，未来世界。我很喜欢这个桌子，它让我想起我曾经在rick owens的店曾经看到过的桌子，是不是有一种相似的感觉，但是如果我拥有这样一张桌子，我更愿意把它放在店里而不是家里，他是一个很吸引人目光的艺术品，但是如果放在家里，可能会在半夜睡觉起来上厕所的时候吓到我lol 当然，如果在未来世界，每个人在家里都有机器人的时候，这张桌子应该会被很多人接受。下面是这个椅子的资料.先来看看这些很酷的展品：我第二个喜欢这个熊，他的毛发和姿势好酷，并且很高大，比常人高一倍。接下来是很行为艺术的画作，3D画和写实主义的艺术品。 谢谢你们的观看，希望你们喜欢我的贴，别忘了告诉我你们对这些艺术品的感受。接下来我还有很多关于我在拍卖行预展上的照片和经历，在下一次的贴中会有更多的熊和骷髅噢！
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Great photos, are those all original?
Thanks @engagement, those are all my own photography :)
༼✿ @sweetsssj
Wow.... these guys deal with lots of expensive arts.
Did you sell anything?
No, I just visited the exhibition preview in the gallery :)
༼✿ @sweetsssj
nice!
Thank you taraamin77 :)
༼✿ @sweetsssj
不少后现代的作品，那个人体家具刚开始很多人质疑，后来就默认了。好比杜尚的“泉”，“有山羊胡的蒙娜丽莎”，后来都被大家接受，毕竟艺术的界限拓展了。
嗯 主要看摆放的场合 在服装店里摆着确实好酷 而且其实那就是Rick Owens 本人 我忘记在贴子里提到了：）
我说呢，原作好像是裸体的状态。
是的 你懂很多这类艺术呀 向你学习了
If you had unlimited finances, what would you buy?
I would buy the big hairy cool looking bear! And put it by the entrance to guard against thieves !
༼✿ @sweetsssj
从未去过国外，国外的艺术原来是这样的，学习了，多谢分享:)
我也很开心和你们分享，一起交流：）
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