Tunga - Wired: Online Auction London Wednesday, April 12, 2023 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Artist Biography

    Tunga

    Brazilian • 1952 - 2016

    Tunga was born in Palmares, Brazil and trained as an architect. He chose to pursue a visual arts career, through which he is best known for his subversive sculpture, installations and performances. At only 22, Tunga held his first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, drawing the attention of the art world with the title Museu da Masturbação Infantil (Museum of Childhood Masturbation).

    Like this first exhibition, Tunga's works are psychologically charged and influenced by Surrealism and Constructivism. His art is highly conceptual and conveys spatial concerns, often dealing with bodily organs and functions, desires and rituals that he depicted in enigmatic environments, employing non-traditional mediums such as teeth, hair, nets and skulls.

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Property from the Collection of Jimmy Belilty

46

Untitled

Magnetite, iron, copper wire, needle, prosthetic tooth, leaf and paper
7.5 x 13 x 5 cm (2 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1985.

Estimate
£12,000 - 18,000 

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Wired: Online Auction

12 - 19 April 2023