Lot  42 Ravenel Spring Auction 2018

Ravenel Spring Auction 2018

Lemon Mid Size Meltdown

DESIRE OBTAIN CHERISH (D.O.C) (American, 1975)

2017

UV cast resin, edition 18/25

38 (L) x 38 (W) x 76 (H) cm

Estimate

TWD 400,000-600,000

HKD 108,000-162,000

USD 13,800-20,700

CNY 87,000-130,000

Sold Price

TWD 408,000

HKD 107,368

USD 13,673


Signature

Signed on the bottom Desire Obtain Cherish, and numbered 18/25
With a security laser tag
EXHIBITED:
Desire Obtain Cherish: #YourKiddingRight, Bluerider ART Gallery, Taipei, May 23 - July 1, 2017

+ OVERVIEW

Jonathan Paul graduated from Parsons School of Design in New York, he integrates the concepts of pop-art, street art and conceptual art and implemented appropriation technique to reach beyond limitations of medium. In 2000, he became an instant hit with his focused in street art, and was widely seen in major art fairs across America. In 2015, D.O.C.’s works were shown at the Centurion Palace during the Venice Biennale. Afterwards, he was invited by Saks Fifth Avenue in New York to exhibit his mostknown series: Meltdown in shapes of lollipops. With a sense of dark humor, the artist tries to discuss controversial issues like sex, medicine abuse, money and popularity to irony and to overturn audience’s value. The artist uses his works to critic the common culture, and also his anonym to reveal an endless circle of needs, in particular: Desire, Obtain and Cherish in our modern society.

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Ravenel Spring Auction 2018

Saturday, June 2, 2018, 2:00pm