30th Sep, 2021 19:00
Modern & Contemporary Art
66
Uwe Wittwer (Switzerland 1954-)
Stilleben negativ nach Davidsz (Still Life negative after Davidsz)
oil on canvas
Artwork date: 2008
Signature details: signed with the artist's initials and dated on the reverse; SMAC Gallery and Haunch of Venison gallery label on the reverse
Exhibited: Void Gallery, Derry, Uwe Wittwer: Outsiders Delight, 28 January to 24 February 2012.; Haunch of Venison, London, Uwe Wittwer: New Paintings, 16 February to 2 April 2011.
Sold for R227,600
Estimated at R250,000 - R350,000
oil on canvas
Artwork date: 2008
Signature details: signed with the artist's initials and dated on the reverse; SMAC Gallery and Haunch of Venison gallery label on the reverse
Exhibited: Void Gallery, Derry, Uwe Wittwer: Outsiders Delight, 28 January to 24 February 2012.; Haunch of Venison, London, Uwe Wittwer: New Paintings, 16 February to 2 April 2011.
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150 x 195 x 2.5 cm
Provenance:
Private Collecton, Johannesburg.
SMAC Art Gallery, Cape Town.
Haunch of Venison, London.
Notes:
Internationally regarded as a leading contemporary painter, Swiss artist Uwe Wittwer’s artistic practice reflects on the authenticity and truth of images, and the role of the artist as an image hunter and voyeur, especially within the digital world. A collector of internet images himself, much of his subject matter is rooted in the history of art, particularly referencing images of Old Master paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Still Life negative after Davidsz is an impressive large-scale work that cites an image of Still-Life with Fruit and Lobster, painted between 1648 and 1649 by the Dutch Jan Davidsz. de Heem. In dealing with this historical source material, Wittwer deconstructs and fragments the image by working in the negative. With the original image transformed, Wittwer creates an alternative reality, suggesting that new meanings and narratives can be discovered within existing and familiar images.
Rendering the new image in oil on canvas, Wittwer further hints at the ‘slow time’ of painting and its seemingly anachronistic, yet vital position in the 21st century art world. Still Life negative after Davidsz is a sensuous and mysteriously beautiful work. It was exhibited at Haunch of Venison in London in celebration of Wittwer’s inclusion in the major exhibition Watercolour at Tate Britain.
The artist’s work rarely comes to auction and Aspire is proud to debut Wittwer with this exceptional work on auction in South Africa. Uwe Wittwer is represented in various major institutional collections including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, the UBS Art Collection and Kunsthaus in Zürich, Helvetia Art Collection and Roche Collection in Basel and Soho House Art Collection in London. His work has been widely exhibited internationally including at P.S.1 MoMA (2006) and Fondation Beyeler (2005). Wittwer’s new solo exhibition opened in mid-September 2021 at Galerie Judin in Berlin.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art, 30th Sep, 2021
Aspire Art Auctions brings a significant and insightfully compiled selection of top-quality modern and contemporary art to auction in Cape Town. The sale stars exceptional works by many of South Africa’s big signatures, including, William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Penny Siopis, Edoardo Villa, Sydney Kumalo and J.H Pierneef, amongst others. Also featured is an exciting collection of contemporary artists from elsewhere in Africa – Patrick Bongoy and Zemba Luzamba from the Congo, Moustapha Baïdi Oumarou from Cameroon and Gerald Chukwuma from Nigeria.
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