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“I hope to elicit some sense of familiarity with the viewer, whether this reminds them of a party they've been to, or just being able to recognise any of the characters as their own self or someone they know.”
— Anna ParkKorean-American artist, Anna Park, is disrupting the world of contemporary art with charcoal-drawn works that teeter between abstraction and figuration to capture the emotional and physical intensity of being caught in a moment. She was only 22 years old when she was ‘discovered’ by one of the most successful contemporary artists, KAWS, when he visited an open studio exhibition at the New York Academy of Art where Park was attending. Three years later, Park hosted her first solo show with New York’s Half Gallery in 2021, which was quickly sold out. Her trajectory has since hit hyper-speed, with her virtuosic charcoal drawings having been presented in solo shows in Los Angeles; the SCAD Museum of Art in Georgia; Tokyo and Rome. When Phillips Hong Kong made Park’s international debut at auction in June 2022 with I to I, it exceeded its high estimate by more than four times, hammering down for a remarkable HKD 2,268,000 (USD 288,928) with buyer’s premium.
Installation view of the current work (right) at New York, Anna Zorina Gallery, Sit Still: Self-portraits in the Age of Distraction, 18 June - 15 August 2020.
Image: Stan NartenCharged with energy, Nude immediately transports the viewer into the midst of a chaotic moment, asking the spectator to adopt a somewhat voyeuristic gaze as they look into an instant suspended in time. Through a meticulous interplay between light and shadow, Park’s dexterous command of her charcoal medium brings to life a cinematic composition that oscillates between reality and illusion. Interweaving elements such as the absurd, surreal, pop culture references, academic realism, and abstraction into her own distinct vision of ‘heroism’, Park invites viewers to seek out representational components from amongst the jumbled mass, such as the title’s allusion to the suggestion of human presence in Nude.
As an artist who focuses solely on one medium, Park repositions charcoal as a valued medium on par with acrylics and oils, breaking the traditional viewpoint of works done by charcoal or on paper as preparatory studies or second-class works, proving that the hierarchy of mediums no longer exists. Or, as Park puts it, ‘the medium informs your concept through language.’ i Charcoal’s inherent powdery qualities allow Park to better articulate and depict a blurry, frantic moment, forming the atmosphere of a heady, debaucherous and crowded environment. And, as Park demonstrates, charcoal can be exceedingly delicate, with the breadth and complex orchestration of its tonal gradations owing entirely to the artist’s talent and virtuosity.
“For now, charcoal and graphite are my primary mediums. I feel as though the immediacy of charcoal really allows me to see my ideas come to life as soon as I conceive it. Being such a simple, straight forward medium, it presents a challenge to myself in how many different possibilities I can create visually with it.”
— Anna Park
In Interview: Moments of Frenzy
In 2019, a year prior to Nude’s creation, Anna Park spoke with Lujan Perez of Juxtapoz Magazine to explain how she chooses, encapsulates and executes the chaotic scenes of fragmented reality in her work:
Lujan Perez (LP): What are these moments?
Anna Park (AP): It's just the moment right in between pure fuckery, debauchery and ecstasy. I guess the best comparison is like when you're really fucked up at a club and everything kind of slows down. That's when you kind of get into yourself. Does that make sense?LP: That moment doesn't last that long.
AP: No, it's an instant, and it can change. The work is a snapshot of that. That’s what I most want to capture in the drawings.LP: It's all fun and games, and then all of a sudden we become inappropriate or unhinged.
AP: It's almost like our inner demons; we all have that. I think when we're most vulnerable, we can allow ourselves to be kind of fucked up or allow the things that you would think in private or talk about with your closest friends come out in public. In these worlds that I create, people are allowed to be that way. And I like that.LP: How do you compose these images?
AP: Lately, it's been really benign statements on Google. I love [the] crowd and dance club scenes, groups of people, just so I have some sort of composition in mind. So I'll type, "people dancing." And it will just be this awful stock imagery of people dancing, or cheesy ones, too, or like a lot of memes that I've just collected over the year. I have an online archive and then, when I want, compositionally, a certain movement or one certain figure in a photo, I'll start collaging on the paper, basically, because I don't really use Photoshop or anything.A lot of people ask me, "Oh are these like parties you've been to?" Or, "Do you go to a lot of these scenes?" And I say, "Not so much." I guess this is my way of saying, “This is my alter-ego, Anna, if she was out there getting fucked up all the time.” I’m a hermit for the most part.
Read the full interview here.
“Rather than depicting any specific moments, I want to present instances of uncertain chaos…I guess it's kind of how I feel with a lot of things that happen; where a level of anxiety goes hand-in-hand with the unpredictable nature of life.”
— Anna ParkCollector’s Digest
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Born in South Korea in 1994, Park moved to the U.S. with her family as a child—briefly to California before they settled in Salt Lake City, Utah. Park studied illustration and animation at the Pratt Institute, but left for New York Academy of Art when she found herself pulled toward fine art and seeking a traditional art school education – this is where she found her passion for the charcoal medium.
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In 2021, just one year out of art school and at 25 years old, Anna Park sold out her debut solo show at New York’s Half Gallery.
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Within this exhibition, 4 of her charcoal compositions went to major museum collections: including the ICA Miami, the MFA Houston, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Another work from the Half Gallery show was featured in a group show at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2022.
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In 2019, the artist KAWS spotted her drawings at the New York Academy of Art, bought one of them and posted her work on Instagram, propelling her popularity to new heights.
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In June 2022, Phillips Hong Kong debuted the artist’s work at auction with I to I, 2019.
Anna Park, I to I, 2019
Sold by Phillips Hong Kong for HK$2,268,000, 22 June 2022-
Park’s solo exhibitions to date include Mirror Shy at Blum and Poe, Los Angeles; Last Call at SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah; and Anna Park at Pond Society, Shanghai, all in 2022.
i Anna Park, quoted in Bill Powers, ‘Fragmenting Realities With Anna Park’, The Canvas, 1 September 2021, online
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Provenance
Anna Zorina Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present ownerExhibited
New York, Anna Zorina Gallery, Sit Still: Self-Portraits in The Age of Distraction, 18 June – 15 August 2020
PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTOR
301
Nude
signed and dated 'ANNA PARK 2020' on the reverse
charcoal on panel
152.4 x 122 cm. (60 x 48 in.)
Executed in 2020.
Estimate
HK$500,000 - 700,000
€58,600-82,000
$64,100-89,700
Sold for HK$698,500
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Disruptors: Evening Sale of 20th Century & Contemporary Art, Design and Watches
Hong Kong Auction 25 May 2023
301
Anna Park
Nude
Estimate HK$500,000 - 700,000
Sold for HK$698,500
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302
Wing Shya
Three works: Happy Together Stills (i) The Talk at Bar Sur; (ii) Prologue 2; (iii) Two to Tango
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$165,100
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303
Rolex
Ref. 6536/1
Model: Submariner
An impressive, attractive and rare stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with center seconds, black lacquered dial and braceletEstimate HK$240,000 - 480,000
Sold for HK$508,000
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304
Patek Philippe
Ref. 5207P-001
An exceptionally fine and rare platinum perpetual calendar minute repeating tourbillon wristwatch with small seconds, moon phases, leap year, day and night indication, additional solid caseback, setting pin, Certificate of Origin and presentation boxEstimate HK$4,000,000 - 6,000,000
Sold for HK$4,826,000
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305
Cartier
Ref. 2774
Model: Crash
A rare, possibly unique and exquisite white gold and diamond-set asymmetrical wristwatch with Certificate of Origin and presentation boxEstimate HK$500,000 - 1,000,000
Sold for HK$990,600
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306
Audemars Piguet
Ref. 14802ST
Model: Royal Oak Jubilee
An extremely attractive and rare limited edition stainless steel wristwatch with salmon dial, date, bracelet, certificate and presentation box, numbered 622 of a limited edition of 1,000 pieces, made in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Royal OakEstimate HK$600,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for HK$952,500
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307
Fernando Campana and Humberto Campana
'Bolotas' armchair
Estimate HK$120,000 - 180,000
Sold for HK$165,100
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308
Mr.
Misaki
Estimate HK$2,000,000 - 3,000,000
Sold for HK$3,302,000
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309
This lot is no longer available.
310
Yayoi Kusama
I Who Sing in Celebration of Humanity
Estimate HK$7,500,000 - 9,500,000
Sold for HK$8,509,000
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311
André Butzer
Untitled
Estimate HK$700,000 - 900,000
Sold for HK$889,000
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312
Charlotte Perriand and Pierre Jeanneret
Bookshelf with cabinets, model no. 14, from 'L’Équipement de la Maison' series
Estimate HK$150,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$304,800
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313
Cartier
Ref. WGTA0044
Model: Tank Asymétrique
A rare, fine and attractive limited edition yellow gold asymmetrical wristwatch with certificate and presentation box, numbered 89 of a limited edition of 100 piecesEstimate HK$200,000 - 400,000
Sold for HK$241,300
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314
Rolex
Ref. 6241
Model: Cosmograph Daytona
An extremely rare and attractive yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with champagne dialEstimate HK$940,000 - 1,500,000
Sold for HK$1,092,200
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315
Cartier
Ref. WGTA0088
Model: Tank Chinoise
A rare, "like-new" and elegant limited edition yellow gold rectangular-shaped wristwatch with warranty and presentation box, numbered 83 of a limited edition of 150 piecesEstimate HK$100,000 - 250,000
Sold for HK$165,100
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316
This lot is no longer available.
317
KAWS
COMPANION
Estimate HK$4,000,000 - 6,000,000
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318
Andy Warhol
Figures on a Busy Street
Estimate HK$450,000 - 650,000
Sold for HK$444,500
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319
Nicolas Party
Trees
Estimate HK$10,000,000 - 15,000,000
Sold for HK$12,550,000
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320
David Hockney
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 4 May
Estimate HK$680,000 - 850,000
Sold for HK$1,079,500
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321
Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh
"FLOWER"
Estimate HK$1,000,000 - 2,000,000
Sold for HK$2,921,000
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322
Anish Kapoor
Non Object (Mirror)
Estimate HK$3,800,000 - 4,800,000
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323
Gio Ponti
Coffee table
Estimate HK$120,000 - 180,000
Sold for HK$152,400
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324
Gio Ponti
Pair of armchairs, model no. 247, from the 'Modern by Singer' series
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$114,300
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325
Angel Otero
Bayamón
Estimate HK$700,000 - 1,000,000
Sold for HK$1,079,500
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326
Stanley Whitney
Stay Song 27
Estimate HK$1,800,000 - 2,800,000
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327
Rafa Macarrón
343 Almas
Estimate HK$800,000 - 1,200,000
Sold for HK$1,016,000
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328
Vacheron Constantin
Ref. 44018
Model: 222
A very elegant and attractive yellow gold wristwatch with date and integrated braceletEstimate HK$250,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$508,000
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329
Audemars Piguet
Ref. 25654BA.OO.0944BA.01
Model: Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar
An extremely fine, rare and well-preserved yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with MK I dial, moon phases and integrated braceletEstimate HK$470,000 - 940,000
Sold for HK$660,400
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330
Patek Philippe
Ref. 3940
A rare and attractive yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases, leap year, 24-hour indication, Certificate of Origin and presentation boxEstimate HK$200,000 - 400,000
Sold for HK$508,000
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331
RETNA
He's A Criminal No Different From Me. One Could Argue I Could Be Painted With The Same Brush
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$762,000
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332
This lot is no longer available.
333
José Parlá
New Language Forms
Estimate HK$380,000 - 580,000
Sold for HK$355,600
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334
Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh
"ARROWS AND FLOWER"
Estimate HK$1,200,000 - 2,200,000
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335
Aya Takano
In the 30th Year of the Showa, the Day the Fire Flowers Rose
Estimate HK$500,000 - 800,000
Sold for HK$635,000
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336
Katherine Bernhardt
Six Papayas
Estimate HK$300,000 - 500,000
Sold for HK$368,300
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337
Cartier
Ref. 1734
Model: Tank Américaine
A very fine and rare limited edition platinum wristwatch with salmon dial and presentation box, numbered 16 of a limited edition of 30 pieces made for the 150th anniversary of the Swiss ConfederationEstimate HK$100,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$165,100
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338
Patek Philippe
Ref. 5065A
Model: Aquanaut
An attractive and rare stainless steel wristwatch with center seconds, date and presentation boxEstimate HK$160,000 - 310,000
Sold for HK$330,200
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339
Franck Muller
Ref. 2870 NADF
Model: Chronographe Double Face
A rare and attractive yellow gold double-faced chronograph wristwatch with two-tone silvered dials, pulsations, telemeter and tachymeter scales, Certificate of Origin and presentation boxEstimate HK$80,000 - 160,000
Sold for HK$190,500
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340
Jean Prouvé
Sun shutter, designed for schools in Cameroon
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$101,600
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341
Jean Prouvé
Sun shutter, designed for schools in Cameroon
Estimate HK$80,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$101,600
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342
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (Studio) I
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$177,800
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343
Wolfgang Tillmans
paper drop (London) II
Estimate HK$100,000 - 150,000
Sold for HK$139,700
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344
Hiroshi Sugimoto
North Pacific Ocean, Ohkurosaki
Estimate HK$160,000 - 240,000
Sold for HK$215,900
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345
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Bay of Sagami, Atami
Estimate HK$160,000 - 240,000
Sold for HK$228,600
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346
Ron Arad
'Big Easy Volume 2' armchair
Estimate HK$200,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$190,500
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347
Gio Ponti
'Diamond' flatware service for 24
Estimate HK$190,000 - 280,000
Sold for HK$254,000
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348
Vacheron Constantin
Ref. 49152/000A-9540
Model: Overseas Chronograph
A fine and rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date, guarantee and presentation box, numbered 91 of a limited edition of 100 pieces made for the Greek marketEstimate HK$120,000 - 200,000
Sold for HK$165,100
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349
Rolex
Ref. 16520
Model: Cosmograph Daytona
A very fine and well-preserved stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, guarantee and presentation boxEstimate HK$180,000 - 280,000
Sold for HK$254,000
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350
Audemars Piguet
Ref. 26300ST.OO.1110ST.08
Model: Royal Oak Chronograph
A fine and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with date, bracelet, Certificate of Authentication and presentation boxEstimate HK$160,000 - 320,000
Sold for HK$304,800
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351
Rolex
Ref. 1680
Model: Submariner, “Red Sub”, MK II
A rare and attractive stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with center seconds, date, MK II dial, bracelet and presentation boxEstimate HK$120,000 - 300,000
Sold for HK$190,500
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352
After Jean-Michel Basquiat
Flexible
Estimate HK$450,000 - 650,000
Sold for HK$533,400
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353
Kenny Scharf
Unique Surfboard
Estimate HK$450,000 - 650,000
Sold for HK$406,400
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354
Poul Kjærholm
'Hammock' lounge chair, model no. PK 24
Estimate HK$90,000 - 120,000
Sold for HK$114,300
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355
Urwerk
Ref. UR-105M
Model: Dark Knight
A fine, rare and unusual limited edition titanium wristwatch with three-dimensional satellite hour display, power reserve, warranty and presentation box, numbered 10 of a limited edition of 77 piecesEstimate HK$180,000 - 280,000
Sold for HK$304,800
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356No Reserve
Rolex
Ref. 126000
Model: Oyster Perpetual 36
A attractive stainless steel wristwatch with center seconds, “Tiffany” blue lacquer dial, bracelet, guarantee and presentation boxEstimate HK$60,000 - 120,000 •
Sold for HK$203,200
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357No Reserve
Alain Silberstein
Ref. TMA1-002
Model: Tourbillon Volant
A very rare and unusual limited edition stainless steel semi-skeletonised tourbillon wristwatch with date, numbered 1 of a limited edition of 9 piecesEstimate HK$80,000 - 160,000 •
Sold for HK$139,700
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358
KAWS and Estudio Campana
KAWS: MONSTER Chair
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$381,000
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359
KAWS
UNTITLED
Estimate HK$500,000 - 700,000
Sold for HK$419,100
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360
Hans J. Wegner
'Valet' chair, model no. 540
Estimate HK$40,000 - 60,000
Sold for HK$133,350
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361
Arne Jacobsen
'Egg' chair model no. 3316 and later ottoman, model no. 3127
Estimate HK$30,000 - 50,000
Sold for HK$35,560
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362
Yoshitomo Nara
Hand Searching
Estimate HK$400,000 - 600,000
Sold for HK$584,200
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