contemporary painting
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“It’s a new medium, but I’m still painting… Whether it’s digital or not, the painting doesn’t change much in terms of meaning.” — David Hockney
David Hockney
Flowers, Glass Vase on a Table
2021
Ipad painting printed on paper
35 × 25 in.
US$110,000
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“Painting is not made to decorate apartments. It’s an offensive and defensive weapon against the enemy.” — Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)
Fillette à la corbeille fleurie
1905
oil on canvas
60 7/8 x 26 in. (154.8 x 66.1 cm.)
Price realised
USD 115,000,000
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“You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.” — Elizabeth Peyton
Elizabeth Peyton (b. 1965)
Kurt with cheeky num-num
1995
oil on masonite
14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 27.9 cm.)
Price realised
USD 386,500
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“I write about my own work because I want to speak for myself. I might not be the only authority, nor the best authority, but I want to participate in the writing of my own history. Why should artists be validated by outside authorities. I don’t like being paternalised and colonised by every Tom, Dick or Harry that comes along (male or female).” — Marlene Dumas
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“The modern artist is working with space and time and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.”
— Jackson Pollock
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Richard Serra. Television Delivers People. 1973
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Installation photo of Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, June 3–September 24, 2007. Photo: Lorenz Kienzle