Lot  035 Ravenel Spring Auction 2019

Ravenel Spring Auction 2019

Gangster of Love

SupaKitch (French, 1978)

2006

Acrylic on canvas

167(L) x 110(W) x 7(D) cm (including the Frame)

Estimate

TWD 700,000-1,100,000

HKD 179,000-281,000

USD 22,800-35,800

CNY 154,000-241,000

Sold Price


EXHIBITED: SupaKitch: I was born to be different, Galerie Elegance, Taipei, December 11- 25, 2010 ILLUSTRATED: SupaKitch: I was born to be different, Galerie Elegance, Taipei, 2010, color illustrated, pp. 24-25

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SupaKitch, a Parisian-born artist who has worked many metropolitan cities including Paris, Biarritz, Los Angeles and New York. The artist's passion for street art, mangas, graffiti and tattoos and the hip-hop culture are elements that appear to be omnipresent in his works. In the 1990s, he met fellow graffiti artist Hazy and music producer Eone, which inspired him to explore works combining various techniques of painting, photography and graphics in exploring the theme of music. The artist’s has created a universe with pop-romantic and musical where anthropomorphic creatures such as the Supanimal, who looks like a panda, and a fox, are used as metaphors. Through these miraculous and enticing depictions, SupaKitch created a world where the characters are regarded as an extension of himself that represent the different aspects of his personalities. The representation of these imageries further conveys the artist’s innermost emotions. SupaKitch has collaborated with brands such as Sixpack, Brendan Monroe, Wayne Horse, Koralie where the artist painted murals in the brand’s various shops across Europe, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Paris, San Sebastian and Lisbon. SupaKitch had his first major solo show based upon an original concept he called “Ubiquity in 2007. He has also been exhibiting worldwide in galleries in Paris, Taipei and Miami.
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Ravenel Spring Auction 2019

Saturday, June 1, 2019, 2:00pm