Contemporary Discoveries
Contemporary Discoveries
A Zip and a Double Cup
Lot Closed
March 15, 06:14 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Jayson Musson
b. 1977
A Zip and a Double Cup
signed and dated 2013 (on the reverse)
mercerized cotton stretched on linen
84⅛ by 60⅛ in.
213.7 by 152.7 cm.
Executed in 2013.
Salon 94, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"The Coogi garments I selected seem painterly because they are concerned with a figure/ground polemic. They mimic the plane that paintings occur upon, which is what initially led me to wanting to work with them as a material to make paintings." Jayson Musson quoted in Emily Spivack, "Q&A: Jayson Musson Breaks Down Coogi Sweaters, Smithsonian Magazine, 2012
Untitled #1 from 2011 is one of the earliest examples of Musson disassembling and reconstructing the '80 and '90 pop-cultural icon, the Coogi sweater. An Australian brand, Coogi, erupted onto the scene with their polychromatic knit sweaters worn by the likes of rapper Notorious B.I.G. A symbol of status and wealth in Musson's eyes, the Coogi sweater is remodeled in his playful yet profound "paintings" that illustrate the parallels between these sweaters and art, as well as the fundamental differences.