Contemporary Week 2017: modern art, contemporary art, jewellery, and watches
Modern and contemporary works of art take centre stage at Dorotheum Contemporary Week 2017 from 30 May-2 June. The auctions include works by Enrico Castellani, Alberto Burri, Marino Marini, Sigmar Polke, Paolo Scheggi, Giorgio de Chirico, Bruce Nauman and Lucio Fontana.
A highlight amidst the contemporary art offerings on 31 May: a statement piece by the Pop Art eroticist Tom Wesselmann, whose robot-like, cigarette-smoking “American Nudes” on colourful backdrops made him famous. The Wesselmann in the auction depicts a cigarette dramatically streaming smoke.
Another of the lots in the auction is equally quirky. From the earliest portrayals of the Virgin Mary, the history of Western art is rife with depictions of mother and child. Fernando Botero, who achieved renown for his oversized portraits, makes an unapologetically profane contribution to this genre.
Contemporary Week 2017 highlights
“Informalism”
The art style know as Informalism or Art Informel is a major focus of the contemporary art auction. The process of making art and the use of spontaneous brushstrokes are central to these abstract works, which were produced in the spirit of post-war Modernism and hence with a drive towards renewal.
Art Informel features broadly in the auction, ranging from gestural drawings by Hans Hartung and dynamic calligraphic pieces by Georges Mathieu and Emilio Vedova to the thick impastos of Nicolas De Staël.
Contemporary Week 2017: preview
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