Auction Floor 2
40.6 cms x 50.8 cms (16 ins x 20 ins)
On verso signed on the back of the work, titled and editioned 1/3 on the gallery label
drawn in 2012
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 - Spring Forward" held on Tue, Jun 15, 2021.
Lot h012
Lot h012
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $4,000
Realised: CAD $2,500
Realised: CAD $2,500
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Donated by the Artist
Courtesy of Republic Gallery, Vancouver
Notes:
Antonia Hirsch is based in Berlin. Currently working primarily in sculpture and installation, her practice focuses on the affective charge of objects that mediate between digital and embodied experience. Her work has been featured at the Vancouver Art Gallery; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge; Salzburger Kunstverein; Taipei Fine Arts Museum; Tramway, Glasgow; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam; ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe; and the Museum für Kommunikation in Frankfurt, among others. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including, most recently, from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn and the Cultural Foundation of Hesse.
This work is from Hirsch’s Auction Floor series—black and white photographic images of the floor of the world’s largest flower auction house in Aalsmeer, Holland, after the day’s trading has ended. Offering evidence of trade activity, the tarmac of the giant hall features line markings and numbers, and is scattered with discarded sales receipts, as well as remains of packaging and plant debris. Evocative of star constellations, the diagrammatic images appear simultaneously concrete and abstract, embracing the depth of space and the absolute flatness of a picture.
Please note: Consignor Hammer Price proceeds of this lot will benefit the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The Buyer is hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, including the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 Sale Notice and Special Terms of Sale, and any Addendum or Erratum specific to the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 auction.
Donated by the Artist
Courtesy of Republic Gallery, Vancouver
Notes:
Antonia Hirsch is based in Berlin. Currently working primarily in sculpture and installation, her practice focuses on the affective charge of objects that mediate between digital and embodied experience. Her work has been featured at the Vancouver Art Gallery; MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge; Salzburger Kunstverein; Taipei Fine Arts Museum; Tramway, Glasgow; Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam; ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe; and the Museum für Kommunikation in Frankfurt, among others. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including, most recently, from the Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn and the Cultural Foundation of Hesse.
This work is from Hirsch’s Auction Floor series—black and white photographic images of the floor of the world’s largest flower auction house in Aalsmeer, Holland, after the day’s trading has ended. Offering evidence of trade activity, the tarmac of the giant hall features line markings and numbers, and is scattered with discarded sales receipts, as well as remains of packaging and plant debris. Evocative of star constellations, the diagrammatic images appear simultaneously concrete and abstract, embracing the depth of space and the absolute flatness of a picture.
Please note: Consignor Hammer Price proceeds of this lot will benefit the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The Buyer is hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, including the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 Sale Notice and Special Terms of Sale, and any Addendum or Erratum specific to the Vancouver Art Gallery Art Auction 2021 | Spring Forward HO2 auction.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.