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Planning on adorning your space with works by local artists? We’ve rounded up a few of our favourite pieces from Aspire Art’s Current & Curated: The Art Gazette Collection online auction to help you get started.
In a local industry first, Aspire Art has partnered with Art Gazette to present one of the most exciting online art auctions of 2022. Current & Curated: The Art Gazette Collection, which runs from 15-23 June, will feature a host of fresh and cutting-edge contemporary art.
Representing 85 established and emerging artists from South Africa, Africa and abroad, the Current & Curated: The Art Gazette Collection features over 180 works of art, offering a unique opportunity for new and seasoned collectors to view and acquire original and innovative works in a wide variety of styles and various mediums ranging from painting, drawing, photographic and editioned works.
Here are a few artworks on auction that caught our eye:
After Ingres de Broglie by Colijn Strydom
2021
Pencil and acrylic ink on paper
58 × 42 cm
A2
Come into my Life by Sizwe Sibisi
2020
Hand-sewn fabric on cotton
78 × 96 cm
A1+
Field Lines 6 by Unathi Mkonto
2020
Pastel on canson
65 × 50 cm
A2
Flowers Stolen Back by Mia Chaplin
2019
Acrylic on Munken paper
42 × 29.5 cm
A3
Sorry Baby by Boemo Diale
2022
Mixed media on paper
42 × 59 cm
A2
The Idleist Study I by Claire Johnson
2019
Lithograph on Munken Lynx paper
240gsm
84.1 × 59.4 cm
A1
Untitled (Hafez Series) by Kamyar Bineshtarigh
2020
Drawing ink on Fabriano paper
200gsm
100 × 70 cm
A1+
Vanitas 8 by Andrew Kayser
2021
Charcoal on Fabriano paper
58.5 × 50 cm
A2
The Current & Curated: The Art Gazette Collection online auction opens for online bidding on Wednesday, 15 June and closes on Thursday, 23 June at 6pm. A percentage of the sale proceeds will be paid directly to the artists.
To view the auction and register to bid visit aspireart.net.
