Contemporary art

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“I have my pace and way of living, and I’m not looking for something.” — Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly
Untitled
1970
oil based house paint and wax crayon on canvas
61 ¼ x 74 ¾ in.
Price realised
USD 69,605,000

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“Always take yourself seriously… it’s not the same as being pompous, or overly self-assured, but it is important to understand that the small little ideas that creep up in your mind, often contain the germ of a much larger project. All great art wasn’t born as great art. It first needed to be recognized by the artist him/herself. Through his or her belief in it, it became true.” — Wolfgang Tillmans

Wolfgang Tillmans (b.1968)
Wäscheberg
inkjet print mounted on aluminum, in artist’s frame
sheet: 36 ½ x 29 ½ in.
Price Realised
USD 17,500

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The Utilitarianism Series explores aspects of human behavior. I chose to focus on serial killers because they often display a lack of empathy and guilt, and tend to become highly self-centered individuals. These traits are what categorize certain serial killers as psychopaths. Interestingly, serial killers frequently wear a metaphorical “mask of sanity” to conceal their true psychopathic nature and can come across as normal and even charming. It’s fascinating to see how these behaviors, which we sometimes conceal within ourselves, are reflected in such extreme cases.
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In 1990 #Texas, USA, a runaway teenage girl was kidnapped, tortured, and killed. She was terrified and made to pose in front of and inside an old barn before her murder by a serial killer. She was 14.

Utilitarianism Series: The Last Victim
2020
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 in.
Price: Not for Sale
📷: Serial killer

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“I believe that who we are, and consequently the work that we make, whether we’re visual artists or writers or journalists or filmmakers, is a projection of where we were born, what’s been withheld or lavished upon us, our color, our sex, our class. And everything we do in life to some degree is a reflection of that context.” — Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger
Untitled (How come only the unborn have the right to life?)
1986
photograph and type on paper.

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“I have found that in accepting and immersing myself in subject matter I paint with more intensity and that the ‘hows’ of painting are more inevitably determined by the ‘whats’.” — David Park

David Park (1911-1960)
Two Heads
1959
oil on canvas
24 x 26 in.
Price realised
USD 1,022,500

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Welcome to Kala land! The land of untrue. 🐸🌈🥥

Do Not Destroy NFT Store: Abstract Art Series: Circular Arc

Size: 5400 x 7200 pixels (18 x 24 in.)
RGB, JPEG
Resolution: 300 pixels/inch

Both physical and NFT items are now available in our store.

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“I made something that I wanted to make and then people wanted it. That was always important to me because, when I was doing the Warhol stuff, I wondered, ‘Am I making something that I want to make, or because people want to buy?’ Now, I’m in the phase where I can make what I want to make.” — Ryan Wilson

Ryan Wilson, a.k.a. ThankYouX
Meet Me in the Mystery
2019
Spray Paint, Oil, Acrylic on Canvas
36 × 60 in
Price realized: $20,500

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