(Drivebycuriosity) - My wife and I are staying in London and are visiting the fascinating museums and art galleries there. We went to Christie`s, one of the global auction empires, where we saw the galleries for their auctions of Post War & Contemporary Art (christies ) .
I got the impression that this place is more elegant and stylish than their Manhattan house where we usually go. The admission was free and taking photos permitted as in New York. I spotted there many of my favorites, but also discovered some new
& fascinating artists. I display just my favorites
from the shows here, a very subjective selection as usual.
Above you can see a discovery and my favorite from the selection. The image, called "Suchtplus", by Jonas Burgert displays a crowd of cacophonous figures swarm, pose and collapse - a visually complex and multi-layered piece. It sold for £419,250 and achieved a new World Auction Record for the artist.
Above "Man Versus Look, Versus Life, Versus Time, Versus Man About" , an arresting early work by Derek Boshier. The painting set a new World Auction Record for the artist fetching £237,500
Above Gerald Laing`s (1936-2011) "Skydiver III".
Above Elizabeth Peyton`s (b. 1965) "Count von Fersen". Isn`t he funny?
Above Cecily Brown`s (b. 1969) "Blonde Eating Birds".
Above Mark Tansey`s (b. 1949) "Study for Forward Retreat".
Above Banksy`s (b. 1974) "Mona Lisa".
Above Julian Opie`s (b. 1958) "Paisley Dress and Red Gown" & "Caterina Nude 1"
Above Michaël Borremans` (b. 1963) "The Driver".
Above George Condo`s (b. 1957) "Diagonal Portrait".
Above Gerhard Richter`s (b. 1932) fascinating tapestry "Musa".
Above more amazing abstracts: Sean Scully`s (b. 1945) " Landline Red Horizon" , Sam Gilliam` (b. 1933) "Petite" & Tamuna Sirbiladze`s (1971-2016) "Being Left There".
To be continued
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