Lot 56
Keel Billed Toucan (Belize)
aerosol on handmade paper
signed on frame verso: ELK
titled on frame verso
42 x 30cm
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Oshi Gallery, Melbourne (label verso)
Private collection, Melbourne
Dissimulation, Oshi Gallery, Melbourne, 17 August - 1 September 2023
"Are birds free? True, they know no borders, and they possess the ability to soar away at will (well, most of them anyway). Yet, they remain perilously low on the food chain, ever vulnerable to meeting their demise at the jaws of a larger predator. Through this collection, I pose fundamental questions about the nature of freedom and power. What does it mean to be free? How do we define power in a world where disparities persist? As we move into a future of digitisation, decentralised finance and Artificial intelligence, will the death of fiat currency enhance our freedoms or widen the existing chasm between rich and poor?" (excerpt, exhibition statement)
© Luke Cornish/Copyright Agency 2024
Centum Contemporary Art
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8734
6:00pm - 20 May 2024
Hawthorn
VIEWING
SYD: Fri 10 - Sun 12 May, 10am - 4pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen St, Woollahra NSW and Dickerson Gallery, 34 Queen St, Woollahra, NSW
MEL: Fri 17 - Sun 19 May, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn VIC
CONTACT
Hannah Ryan
hannah.ryan@leonardjoel.com.au
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