Ernesto Neto - Latin America New York Monday, November 24, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art: Part One, November 14, 2001, lot 58
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Ernesto Neto

    Brazilian • 1964

    Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto creates monumental installations and objects of diverse biomorphic shapes and forms that often occupy entire rooms. The works are primarily concerned with corporeality and visual seduction. Viewers are encouraged to participate with the works, and Neto engages the viewer's tactile and olfactory senses through different textures and scents, employing a myriad of synthetic non-traditional materials including nylon and polyamide fabrics, newspaper, nets and aromatic and boldly colored spices. Neto works around the space of the body, where the physical immersion into his works is like a continuation of his own body and mind.

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It happens in the frictions of the bodies

1999
turmeric in polyamide stretch fabric
overall installation 153 1/2 x 375 1/8 x 129 7/8 in. (389.9 x 952.8 x 329.9 cm.)

Estimate
$40,000 - 60,000 

Sold for $68,750

Contact Specialist
Laura González
Director of Latin American Art
New York
+1 212 940 1216

Latin America

New York Auction 24 November 2014 2pm