Lot 045
My Whole Life is Thunder
Ramiro Smith Estrada (Argentinian, 1984)
2022
Oil on canvas
91 x 70.5 cm
Estimate
TWD 160,000-240,000
HKD 42,000-62,000
USD 5,300-8,000
CNY 36,000-55,000
Sold Price
TWD 160,000
HKD 40,921
USD 5,219
CNY 36,952
Signature
Signed reverse Ramiro Smith Estrada and dated 2022
PROVENANCE
Bluerider ART, Taipei
Acquired from the above by the present owner
EXHIBITED
Profile Picture, Bluerider ART Gallery, Taipei, December 24, 2022 - February 19, 2023
PROVENANCE
Bluerider ART, Taipei
Acquired from the above by the present owner
EXHIBITED
Profile Picture, Bluerider ART Gallery, Taipei, December 24, 2022 - February 19, 2023
+ OVERVIEW
Ramiro Smith Estrada, 1984, lives and works in Buenos Aires. He pursued Engraving as a career at Universidad del Museo Social Argentino in 2007. He was selected to be displayed at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in the field of Engraving in 2010 and 2013, and to the Williams Award in 2012. He participated in art residency programs in America, Buenos Aires, Brussels.
His work revolves around contemporary modalities and the ways we see and portray ourselves. Through a narcissistic standpoint, we are constantly weaving a tale of who we are; fashionable, current and up to date. As on social media, his paintings attempt to highlight and beautify the “mundane” and at the same time exacerbate the clash between fleeing narcissism and the weight of culture. The “ornament” then functions as a means of symbolic and formal decoration.
His work revolves around contemporary modalities and the ways we see and portray ourselves. Through a narcissistic standpoint, we are constantly weaving a tale of who we are; fashionable, current and up to date. As on social media, his paintings attempt to highlight and beautify the “mundane” and at the same time exacerbate the clash between fleeing narcissism and the weight of culture. The “ornament” then functions as a means of symbolic and formal decoration.
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Ravenel Spring Auction 2023
Saturday, June 3, 2023, 4:00pm