Tschabalala Self - 20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Wednesday, November 13, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Los Angeles, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, The New New, October 17 - December 5, 2015

  • Catalogue Essay

    "I hope to correct misconceptions propagated within and projected upon the Black body. Multiplicity and possibility are essential to my practice and general philosophy. My subjects are fully aware of their conspicuousness and are unmoved by the viewer. Their role is not to show, explain, or perform but rather 'to be.' In being, their presence is acknowledged and their significance felt." Tschabalala Self

  • Artist Biography

    Tschabalala Self

    American • 1990

    Harlem-born artist Tschabalala Self combines sewing, printing and painting in a singular style that speaks to her experience of contemporary black womanhood. Despite her extensive use of craft methods, Self considers herself to be a painter above all else. Her work is known for exaggerated colors and forms, allowing the personages within to “escape” from society’s narrow perceptions.

    Explaining her practice, the artist stated: “I hope to correct misconceptions propagated within and projected upon the Black body. Multiplicity and possibility are essential to my practice and general philosophy. My subjects are fully aware of their conspicuousness and are unmoved by the viewer. Their role is not to show, explain, or perform but rather ‘to be.’ In being, their presence is acknowledged and their significance felt. My project is committed to this exchange, for my own edification and for the edification of those who resemble me.”

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Property of an Important Californian Collector

313

Star

collected fabric, thread and polymer gloss on canvas
80 x 48 in. (203.2 x 121.9 cm.)
Executed in 2015.

Estimate
$80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for $350,000

Contact Specialist
Rebekah Bowling
Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York
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20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019