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

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  • Provenance

    ArtHouse 2050, Monaco
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Venice Biennale, Vasily Klyukin: In Dante Veritas, May 7 - November 30, 2019 (another variant exhibited)
    Antibes, Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, The 26th Annual amFAR Gala, May 23, 2019 (another variant exhibited)

  • Artist Biography

    Vasily Klyukin

    Russian • 1976

    From architecture and design to abstract and kinetic sculpture, Vasily Klyukin's oeuvre possesses a character that is curious and deeply philosophical. The Moscow born artist is not afraid of experimenting with techniques and forms.

    Klyukin has always been attracted to the embodiment of human form in art on the one hand, and addicted to engineering on the other. Combining these passions allowed Vasily to create his 'Live Sculptures' technique, which he considers to be one of his main achievements. The series 'In Dante Veritas', inspired by Dante's 'Inferno', was created in this technique and began its world tour at the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Afterwards, the collection was presented in Moscow and at the Venice Biennale 2019. Neхt year, the exhibition re-opened in a new format 'Art Panorama Inferno' in Lucerne's most picturesque location — Gütsch.

    His Wall sculpture series is equally fascinating. Enamored with the natural elements and armed with mathematical formulas, Klyukin created “Crypto” series, which was showcased in September 2020 at a personal exhibition at the Simon Lee Gallery in London. It was also available for viewing as part of temporary art space 'The Big Implosion Theory' in Moscow — which was open until the end of 2020. In 2021 this exhibition can be viewed in Hong Kong under the same title 'Mind Port'. Art connoisseurs can see the 'Relief' series at any time as part of permanent exposition at the Simon Lee Gallery in London.

    The season of 2021 started off with the 'Mind Port' exhibition in Moscow City. Throughout this year an exhibition under the name ‘Civilization. The island of the day before’ will be shown in Vienna at the Kunstforum, as well as in Monaco. The artist also has two shows in Germany: 4 sculptures of sins from the collection 'In Dante Veritas' in Bad Breisig and 2 sculptures 'Genesis' (Embryo series) and ‘Gluttony’(‘In Dante Veritas’) at the Osthaus Museum, Hagen. Each one will  uncover different aspects of Vasily's work.

    The Divine Comedy theme continues with the 'Mask of Dante' which will be showcased in several cities in Switzerland: Zug, Geneva and Lucerne.

    Klyukin's works can be found at charity auctions held by amfAR, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation and the Prince of Monaco Albert II Foundation. 2019 marked the start of commercial sales, auctioning five sculptures at the Phillips auction house between June and February.

    Vasily currently lives in Monaco, is married and has four children.

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Passion & Harmony (Fuchsia-Blue)

incised with the artist's initials, inscription and date "VK-PG-FB-ID-D200-2016" on the reverse
acrylic, plywood, paint and glass
78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 15 in. (200 x 200 x 38.1 cm.)
Executed in 2016, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
$70,000 - 100,000 

Sold for $187,500

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20th C. & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 13 November 2019