Jeppe Hein - Contemporary Art Evening Sale New York Thursday, March 4, 2010 | Phillips

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  • Provenance


    Johann König, Berlin

  • Exhibited


    Tokyo, SCAI The Bathhouse, Jeppe Hein: Inbetween, January 19 - March 3, 2007 (another example exhibited); Aarhus, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Jeppe Hein: Sense City, October 9 - February 23, 2010 (another example exhibited)

  • Literature


    D. Eichler, “Jeppe Hein,” Frieze Magazine, London, March 2003; P. Ekroth, “Jeppe Hein,” Artforum, New York, November 2003

  • Catalogue Essay


    Continuity In-Between merges art with architecture, a kinetic aestheticism that is wonderfully magical and deliberately participatory. The piece, a jet of streaming water bridged between two walls has an optical effect, likened to a well-executed science experiment. Upon first glance, viewers are enraptured with the piece, which in and of itself can only be experienced through the viewer’s lens. Hence, they share an enriching symbiotic relationship.
     
    "In my opinion, artists are more attentive to the fact that it is necessary to create a link between an artwork and its surroundings. They more and more recognize which features artworks should have when exhibited in a public space. Instead of placing an artwork without reference or connection to architecture and audience, many artists now deal with social aspects, trying to create or enhance a dialogue between object, space and observers,"  (J. Hein, quoted in G. Aloi, “Interview,” Whitehot Magazine, September 2008).
     
    The object-viewer relationship created by Hein extends beyond mutual symbiosis and sensorial forms and functions to playful social commentary on psychology and physicality. It extends beyond the limits of visual inertia to an inherently timeless, transitory realm that blends childhood ingenuity with adult refinement.

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Continuity In-Between

2002

Water, metal and plastic tubing, pump, motor and two basins.

Installation dimensions variable.
This work is from an edition of three plus two artist’s proofs and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $50,000

Contemporary Art Evening Sale

4 Mar 2010
New York