Untitled (Venus After her Bath)
96.5 cms x 81.3 cms (38 ins x 32 ins)
On verso titled and titled ohne titel on the galerie karl pfefferle label, dated 2001 on the blanket gallery label and stamped bill maynes gallery, new york
made in 2001
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "International Art" held on Thu, Oct 27, 2022.
Lot 437
Lot 437
Realised: CAD $3,750
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
Galerie Karl Pfefferele, Munich
Blanket Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, British Columbia
Private Collection, Victoria
Notes:
Peter Schuyff is celebrated internationally for his meticulously rendered works. Using layers of thin paint, he creates three-dimensional optical illusions of abstract patterning. A prominent alumni of Emily Carr University of Art and Design (previously the Vancouver School of Art), Dutch born and Vancouver raised Schuyff moved to New York in the 1980s, where he became one of the central figures of the Neo-Geo (Neo-Geometric Conceptualism) movement.
In his work, Schuyff interrogates the concept of the author by using appropriated imagery and re-contextualizing art history for the contemporary moment. Using either found paintings or reproductions of classical imagery, he re-interprets the work by painting a three-dimensional pattern over top. His work converges on this notion of painting having illusory qualities, while in effect still belonging to their own material reality.
Schuyff’s work has been shown at Gagosian gallery and Leo Castelli Gallery, and was recently included in the Whitney Biennial in 2014. His work is held in collections worldwide including The Broad and The MOCA in Los Angeles as well as the MoMA and The Met in New York.
Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
Galerie Karl Pfefferele, Munich
Blanket Gallery, Vancouver
Private Collection, British Columbia
Private Collection, Victoria
Notes:
Peter Schuyff is celebrated internationally for his meticulously rendered works. Using layers of thin paint, he creates three-dimensional optical illusions of abstract patterning. A prominent alumni of Emily Carr University of Art and Design (previously the Vancouver School of Art), Dutch born and Vancouver raised Schuyff moved to New York in the 1980s, where he became one of the central figures of the Neo-Geo (Neo-Geometric Conceptualism) movement.
In his work, Schuyff interrogates the concept of the author by using appropriated imagery and re-contextualizing art history for the contemporary moment. Using either found paintings or reproductions of classical imagery, he re-interprets the work by painting a three-dimensional pattern over top. His work converges on this notion of painting having illusory qualities, while in effect still belonging to their own material reality.
Schuyff’s work has been shown at Gagosian gallery and Leo Castelli Gallery, and was recently included in the Whitney Biennial in 2014. His work is held in collections worldwide including The Broad and The MOCA in Los Angeles as well as the MoMA and The Met in New York.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Heffel auction house for permission to use.
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