Art Market: The Ascent Of Females

 

 (Drivebycuriosity) -  The world of art is changing. Female artists have been neglected for centuries. But in the recent years art works of women got more & more presented in museums and art galleries and reached better prices at Sotheby´s, Christie´s, Phillips and other auction global houses. "When it comes to works traded on the auction market, women’s prices are rising at a much faster rate than prices for works by men", finds a study from auction giant Sotheby`s ( artnet).

As a frequent visitor of art galleries, museums & auction houses I had the pleasure to spot many works by rising female artists. I noticed that many of the ascending female stars deal with sex & erotics (not always the same) - sometimes sublime, sometimes more explicit. I display here a subjective selection of my discoveries.

 

Jenny Saville was born in 1970 in Cambridge, England, and currently lives and works in Oxford, England. According to a Gagosian press release she "transcends the boundaries of both classical figuration and modern abstraction in her depiction of the human form.....The immense canvases recall archetypes from religion and mythology, such as the pietà and the Fates" (saville). Above a selection of pictures from Sotheby´s London & New York, Gagosian & The Broad in Los Angeles.

 

Cecily Brown is born 1969 in London and lives and works now in New York City. "Brown's paintings - influenced by abstract expressionist painters such as Willem de Kooning - combine figuration and utter abstraction while exploring the power relationship between male and female" ( wikipedia ). Above images from Sotheby`s, Phillips, The Broad & Manhattan`s Paula Cooper Gallery, who represents her.

 

Nicole Eisenman (born 1965), who lives and works in Brooklyn, belongs to today`s celebrated artists. Above some images from exhibitions @ Anton Kern Gallery 2016 & Greene Naftali Gallery in 2018, both in New York.

                              Giving Head

 

Loie Hollowell is born in 1983 in St. Peter, Minnesota, and currently lives and works in New York City. She belongs to the shooting stars in the contemporary art market. Hollowell started in October 2016 with a solo show at a little gallery @ New York`s Lower East Side and some paintings were sold some for $8,000 to $15,000. Those prices have since increased more than 1,200 percent, and Loie Hollowell has become one of the most fiercely sought-after artists in New York, reports Artnet.com (artnet ). The media describe her work as "abstract body landscapes". The auction house Christie`s  claims that her curvaceous motifs  represent the female anatomy (christies) and refers to Georgia O’Keeffe. Above her "Giving Head" watched @ Phillips followed by "Hang Down" (Sotheby`s) & "Gemini" (Christie`s). She`s now represented by Pace Gallery in New York.

 

Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965) lives and works in New York City. I like her stylized and idealized portraits I noticed @ Sotheby´s, Phillips, The Broad and  Paula Cooper Gallery.

 

Marlene Dumas, who was born in 1953 in Cape Town, South Africa, belongs also to the darlings of the auction houses.

 

Above another rising star on the firmament of the art world: Dana Schutz (born 1976 Livonia, Michigan)  who lives and works in Brooklyn.

 

Christina Quarles (born 1985) lives and works in Los Angeles.

 

Julie Curtiss was born in France in 1982, and is of French and Vietnamese descent. Artnet.com calls her a millenial art star ( artnet). Anyway I like her painting "Party Down" spotted @ Phillips.

 

Caroline Walker, b.1982 is a Scottish artist based in London ( carolinewalker). Above her wonderful "Upstairs Downstairs" which I discovered @ Sotheby`s London followed by 2 paintings spotted @ Gallery Victoria Miro in the East of London.

 

Aya Takano, born 1976, is a Japanese superflat artist, manga artist, and science fiction essayist (wikipedia   aya-takano.tumblr).  The painting is called "The sound of the Shamisen". I guess we will see more by her - and from the others as well.