Lot No. 130


Jon Kessler


(born Yonkers, New York 1957)
The Cheryl Pictures, 2004, mixed media with doll, camera, light, LCD monitor and motor, 203 x 61 x 76 cm, (PP)

Provenance:
Arndt & Partner, Berlin;
Private Collection, Austria

Since the 1980s Jon Kessler has produced kinetic sculptures that buzz, wiggle and turn. In "The Cheryl Pictures" a doll is placed upon a structure that is turned in circles by means of a motor. A centrally positioned camera films its face during the process. The small monitor on the wall shows the eyes of the doll open, then closed; the doll’s hair turns around her head. With his own individual vocabulary, Kessler refers to the real fears of modern life, whilst also placing us in an exciting “wonderland”.

Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy Mag. Patricia Pálffy
+43-1-515 60-386

patricia.palffy@dorotheum.at

25.06.2014 - 17:00

Estimate:
EUR 8,000.- to EUR 12,000.-

Jon Kessler


(born Yonkers, New York 1957)
The Cheryl Pictures, 2004, mixed media with doll, camera, light, LCD monitor and motor, 203 x 61 x 76 cm, (PP)

Provenance:
Arndt & Partner, Berlin;
Private Collection, Austria

Since the 1980s Jon Kessler has produced kinetic sculptures that buzz, wiggle and turn. In "The Cheryl Pictures" a doll is placed upon a structure that is turned in circles by means of a motor. A centrally positioned camera films its face during the process. The small monitor on the wall shows the eyes of the doll open, then closed; the doll’s hair turns around her head. With his own individual vocabulary, Kessler refers to the real fears of modern life, whilst also placing us in an exciting “wonderland”.

Specialist: Mag. Patricia Pálffy Mag. Patricia Pálffy
+43-1-515 60-386

patricia.palffy@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Modern & Contemporary Art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 25.06.2014 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 20.06. - 25.06.2014

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