Artpace 25th Anniversary Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Artpace 25th Anniversary Benefit Auction | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Spencer Finch
Two Petals Fall (After Masaoka Shiki)
Lot Closed
September 28, 06:04 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Spencer Finch (b. 1962)
Two Petals Fall (After Masaoka Shiki)
2019
Signed on verso
Archival Inkjet Photographs
Edition 2/5 + 1 AP
16 ½ x 16 ½ in.
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Gift of the Artist
Spencer Finch utilizes various mediums to explore how to represent a subjective experience. Often using light and its color as a tool, Finch tries to bring moments of the past into the present experience and show us how representational practices are unable to fully and accurately capture moments lost to history. In the photograph Two Petals Fall (After Masaoka Shiki), we are experiencing the passage of time through the shrinking of a peony from Finch’s garden. Though vibrant in color, the peony is wilted and losing petals, bringing focus to the ephemeral life of the flower.