Society for Contemporary Art Collectors Sale | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Society for Contemporary Art Collectors Sale | Hosted by Sotheby’s
Tony Tasset
Saw Painting
Lot Closed
September 29, 02:25 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Tony Tasset
b. 1960
Saw Painting
Executed in 2020.
enamel sign paint on vintage saw
6 by 25 1/2 by 1 1/2 in. (15.24 by 64.77 by 3.81 cm.)
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Courtesy of the artist
Tony Tasset is a Post-Atomic visual troubadour. A standard bearer in the realm of Pop Conceptualism, he makes work that both monumentalizes and satirizes the contemporary culture of exhibition and display. Tasset’s work engages with the principle that the formation and under-standing of our history is crucially affected by the manner in which our most esteemed objects are displayed and how our most cherished narratives are told—an approach that echoes the axiom “the medium is the message.” His work is included in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions of Tasset’s work have been held at Kavi Gupta, Chicago; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston among many others. His work is included in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.