Family of Three
11.4 cms x 12.7 cms x 12.7 cms (4.5 ins x 5 ins x 4.5 ins)
made in 2019
Lot offered for sale by Heffel, Vancouver at the auction event "BAF Exhibition and Auction in Support of Alumni Artists" held on Tue, Aug 24, 2021.
Lot h227
Lot h227
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $4,000
Realised: CAD $2,813
Realised: CAD $2,813
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Collection of the Artist
Exhibitions:
BAF, Vancouver, Eleven Minutes Late, October 18 - December 14, 2019
Notes:
Ryan Quast is a visual artist living and working in Vancouver, Canada. Selected solo exhibitions include Everyday Living at Wil Aballe Art Projects in Vancouver (2016) and Swarm “Photographs From A Fan Boy’s Camera at the Crying Room in Vancouver, curated by Colleen Heslin (2003). Quast has presented work in several Vancouver-based group exhibitions including Antics at James Black Gallery in (2015); Disruption at Emergency Room, curated by Keith Wecker (2008); Punk Assemblage at Gallery Gachet, curated by Todd Carpenter and Zaneta St. Dennis (2005); Welcome at 1151 Fraser Street, curated by Leif Hall (2005); Strange Agencies at Helen Pitt Gallery, curated by Ron Tran (2004), among others. Quast’s work has been presented at several art fairs with Wil Aballe Art Projects who represents him, including a solo booth at Art Toronto (2016); Material Art Fair in Mexico City (2017); and NADA New York (2017). In 2016, Quast was featured in Magenta Magazine in an article by Bill Clarke. Quast has a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2015) and studied at the Chelsea College of Art’s Painting Program in London, UK (2004). Quast was in residence at BAF over the summer of 2019 which amounted in a solo exhibition titled Eleven Minutes Late, featuring new works that critique and question the notion of value within museums and galleries by focusing on typically mundane objects and forms within the white cube.
Quast’s artistic practice is hauntingly meticulous. The artist meditatively layers brush stroke after brush stroke of oil and latex paint to recreate everyday objects such as Styrofoam cups, dust pans, paint cans, and toilet plungers; this process can take months and even years to complete. Quast’s work resembles artists working with Readymades or non-art art objects like Liz Magor, Marcel Duchamp, and Claes Oldenburg. Family of Three was exhibited in Quast’s solo exhibition at BAF and it is a unique work.
Please note: Consignor Hammer Price proceeds of this lot will benefit the artist and Burrard Arts Foundation. The Buyer is hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, including the Together Again | BAF Exhibition and Auction in support of Alumni Artists Sale Notice and Special Terms of Sale, and any Addendum or Erratum specific to the Together Again | BAF Exhibition and Auction.
Collection of the Artist
Exhibitions:
BAF, Vancouver, Eleven Minutes Late, October 18 - December 14, 2019
Notes:
Ryan Quast is a visual artist living and working in Vancouver, Canada. Selected solo exhibitions include Everyday Living at Wil Aballe Art Projects in Vancouver (2016) and Swarm “Photographs From A Fan Boy’s Camera at the Crying Room in Vancouver, curated by Colleen Heslin (2003). Quast has presented work in several Vancouver-based group exhibitions including Antics at James Black Gallery in (2015); Disruption at Emergency Room, curated by Keith Wecker (2008); Punk Assemblage at Gallery Gachet, curated by Todd Carpenter and Zaneta St. Dennis (2005); Welcome at 1151 Fraser Street, curated by Leif Hall (2005); Strange Agencies at Helen Pitt Gallery, curated by Ron Tran (2004), among others. Quast’s work has been presented at several art fairs with Wil Aballe Art Projects who represents him, including a solo booth at Art Toronto (2016); Material Art Fair in Mexico City (2017); and NADA New York (2017). In 2016, Quast was featured in Magenta Magazine in an article by Bill Clarke. Quast has a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2015) and studied at the Chelsea College of Art’s Painting Program in London, UK (2004). Quast was in residence at BAF over the summer of 2019 which amounted in a solo exhibition titled Eleven Minutes Late, featuring new works that critique and question the notion of value within museums and galleries by focusing on typically mundane objects and forms within the white cube.
Quast’s artistic practice is hauntingly meticulous. The artist meditatively layers brush stroke after brush stroke of oil and latex paint to recreate everyday objects such as Styrofoam cups, dust pans, paint cans, and toilet plungers; this process can take months and even years to complete. Quast’s work resembles artists working with Readymades or non-art art objects like Liz Magor, Marcel Duchamp, and Claes Oldenburg. Family of Three was exhibited in Quast’s solo exhibition at BAF and it is a unique work.
Please note: Consignor Hammer Price proceeds of this lot will benefit the artist and Burrard Arts Foundation. The Buyer is hereby advised to read fully the Terms and Conditions of Business and Catalogue Terms, including the Together Again | BAF Exhibition and Auction in support of Alumni Artists Sale Notice and Special Terms of Sale, and any Addendum or Erratum specific to the Together Again | BAF Exhibition and Auction.
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(*) 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.