Lot  077 Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Pop the Clock

SupaKitch (French, 1978)

2007

Mixed media on canvas

195 x 114 cm

Estimate

TWD 850,000-1,200,000

HKD 219,000-308,000

USD 28,200-39,800

CNY 200,000-283,000

Sold Price


Signature

With one seal of the artist

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Taiwan

EXHIBITED:
SupaKitch: I was born to be different, Galerie Elegance, Taipei, December 11- 25, 2010

ILLUSTRATED:
SupaKitch: I was born to be different, Galerie Elegance, Taipei, 2010, color illustrated, p. 36

+ OVERVIEW

SupaKitch made up his own artist's pseudonym by combining two words, the word for super in French (Super) and the word for gaudy in German (Kitsch). SupaKitch named Guillaume Grando was born in 1978 in Montpellier, France. His creative language subverts the impression of traditional street graffiti. SupaKitch uses spray paint and copperplate writing skill juxtaposing different material on the canvas. His exceptional style stands out becoming one of the icon choices by private collectors. In addition to classical European art, SupaKitch grew up in a Hip-Hop Generation, he also likes Japanese manga and Hollywood films, it's shown his creative inspirations are rooted in open multi-culture. Day and night, he roamed in the vast ocean of creativity and the joy of painting called out to him to become a professional creator. In 1999, SupaKitch became the artistic director of an advertising agency. However, his endless creative desire and outstanding talent soon made him a full-time artist, establishing his own distinctive personal style. In 2002, SupaKitch held his first art exhibition. Five years later he moved to Brooklyn, New York, where the unique atmosphere of street culture and pop music spurred him on to create a new virtual world with his paintbrush. He created a variety of anthropomorphic monsters cloaked in the splendor of feathers. Also known as SupAnimal, they could be a singing lion, a record-spinning racoon D.J., or a cool smoking gang character SupAl Capone. The amusing images present the painter's dynamic inner world with ever-changing subjects and colors jumping vividly as musical notes.
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Ravenel Spring Auction 2020

Sunday, July 19, 2020, 1:00pm