Buona Fortuna #1
109.9 cms x 160 cms (43.25 ins x 63 ins)
made in 2014
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 h024
Lot h024
Estimate: CAD $4,000 - $6,000
Realised: CAD $4,063
Realised: CAD $4,063
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Donated by Ron Francis Regan
Notes:
Jorge Mañes Rubio is co-founder of the Design Museum Dharavi, a TED Senior Fellow and a recipient of the S&R Foundation Washington Award. He has recently collaborated with the European Space Agency and the Center for Indigenous Arts, and his work is regularly exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, Victoria & Albert Museum in London and Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam.
In this elegiac photographic series Buona Fortuna, Rubio transports viewers to the mountains of the Parco Nazionale del Cilento in the south of Italy, where several isolated villages were abandoned after a series of earthquakes and landslides. He has photographed several churches and chapels found among the ruins. A closer look exposes vacant altars and pedestals—a direct consequence of the looters and art merchants who broke in and removed paintings, sculptures and other sacred relics. Despite the emptiness and destruction of these spaces, Rubio manages to capture these places in all their beauty.
This work is edition 1/3.
Accompanying this lot is a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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 Ron Francis Regan
Notes:
Jorge Mañes Rubio is co-founder of the Design Museum Dharavi, a TED Senior Fellow and a recipient of the S&R Foundation Washington Award. He has recently collaborated with the European Space Agency and the Center for Indigenous Arts, and his work is regularly exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea, Victoria & Albert Museum in London and Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam.
In this elegiac photographic series Buona Fortuna, Rubio transports viewers to the mountains of the Parco Nazionale del Cilento in the south of Italy, where several isolated villages were abandoned after a series of earthquakes and landslides. He has photographed several churches and chapels found among the ruins. A closer look exposes vacant altars and pedestals—a direct consequence of the looters and art merchants who broke in and removed paintings, sculptures and other sacred relics. Despite the emptiness and destruction of these spaces, Rubio manages to capture these places in all their beauty.
This work is edition 1/3.
Accompanying this lot is a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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.