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Matthew Brannon
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description
- Matthew Brannon
- Other People's Money; People Who Divide People
- silkscreen and embroidery on canvas, in two parts
- each: 254 by 150cm.; 100 by 59in.
- Executed in 2006.
Provenance
Jan Winkelmann Gallery, Berlin
Exhibited
Berlin, Jan Winkelmann Gallery, Hyena, 2006
London, Royal Academy of Arts, USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery, 2006, pp. 66-67
London, Royal Academy of Arts, USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallery, 2006, pp. 66-67
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is warmer in the original, with the background of the right canvas tending more towards cream with sky-blue embroidery.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. Each canvas is unstretched and is pinned to the wall along the top edge. There is natural undulation and some light creasing to the canvases. There is some light surface dirt along the vertical edges in the lower half of the cream canvas and a few spots of media accretion towards the centre of the lower edge.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The dislocation Branon mines so well mirrors the problems not only of interpretation but also, obviously, of life itself...This is apparent in the gulf between what the work looks like (anachronistic, chic, insane) and what the, if not brutal, then at least acerbic (and often hilarious) texts accompanying the images declare.... Brannon describes his rational thus: 'I seek to play with words that are both specific in meaning and conversely teetering with inappropriate reception.' It's a strategy that both mirrors the schizophrenic relationship of advertising to reality and functions as a form of resistance to a culture nurtures on quick-fix sound-bites.
Jennifer Higgie, 'The Embarrassing Truth', Frieze, November/December 2008