ArtCrush 2023: Art Auction to Benefit the Aspen Art Museum

JJ Manford

Alpineglow Ski Lodge Painting

Lot Closed

August 5, 06:35 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

JJ Manford

b. 1983

Alpineglow Ski Lodge Painting

Oil stick, oil pastel, Flashe on burlap over canvas

68 by 85 in.

172.7 by 215.9 cm

Executed in 2023.

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As such, there is no buyer's premium in this auction - all sale proceeds will go directly to the Aspen Art Museum to support its programs. Certain amounts paid above the value of the property or services provided may qualify as a tax deductible donation to the museum. Sotheby’s does not offer tax advice. Please consult your tax advisor, and for any tax related inquiries please contact bid@aspenartmuseum.org at the Aspen Art Museum.

Kindly donated by the artist, Harper's and Derek Eller Gallery

JJ Manford (b. 1983, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY). Drawing upon art historical sources, personal as well as projective memories, textiles and the rural New York landscape, JJ Manford’s works explore themes of nomadism, isolation, the sublime, the psychedelic and transcendent, with a compositional sense that often employs a tension between figuration and abstraction.

Recent solo and two person shows include “Greenport Magic” at Arts and Leisure Gallery (catalogue available, with essays by Will Blythe of The New York Times, and Jon Lutz of 106 Green Gallery), Harlem, NY, “Wanderers and Wildflowers” at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY, “Liminal Grove”, One River Gallery, Allendale & Englewood, and “Through Every Leaf” (with Max Razdow) at Freight + Volume Gallery, NYC. JJ’s work and curatorial projects have been written about and mentioned by such publications as Hyperallergic, The New Yorker, Huffington Post, Art Fuse, Wall Street International, Ephemera NYC, Gorky’s Granddaughter (video interview), and On-Verge (interviewed by Katherine Bradford).