Saturday@Phillips Urban art auction in articles from the artzine on artrepublic.com

Urban street art has fast become a cultural phenomenon sweeping the UK and Europe with its audacious challenging of authority and cultural norms. 

The Saturday@Phillips sales will present two highly curated selections of the best of urban street art available to the market. A selection of original works in a variety of mediums by top urban street artists will include: Bansky, Bast, Beejoir, Blek le Rat, DFace, Faile, Shepard Fairey, Insect, Invader, KAWS, Dave Kinsey,Adam Neate, NickWalker, Barry Mcgee, Micallef, Skullphone, and Swoon.

The following artists: Borf, Buff Monster, Dave Kinsey, Judith Supine, Bast and Skullphone will be introduced to the auction market for the first time.

Brooklyn collective, Faile, currently on view at the Tate Modern in London’s Street Art show, will be represented by a series done between 2005-2006 of works entitled “Forbidden Love” which incorporate collage and appropriated imagery from comic books and pulp fiction. Four of the “Forbidden Love” paintings will be offered with estimates ranging from £10,000 – 25,000.

Brooklyn-based artist, Bast will be represented by a mixed media work on canvas, Chanel Bottle Day, 2008 estimated between £6,000 – 8,000.Taking its cue from the Pop art concepts of presenting consumer imagery as art, Bast’s rendition of the iconic perfume bottle, boldly painted over and adorned with repeated phallic imagery, has taken on a quasi-ritualistic form and is presented as tribal idol.

Beejoir’s Fix, 2008 an acrylic on canvas featuring a headless executive set against a gold-leaf background and hung on a crucifix rendered in US Dollar bills, will be offered with a pre-sale estimate of £12,000-18,000. In addition, several examples from Beejoir’s “Immodium” series from 2007 which humorously plays off Damien Hirst’s Spot paintings, will be offered with estimates ranging from £3,000 – 7,000.

Saturday@Phillips will also be presenting two emerging music artists, Cibelle and JoshWeller. Both will be performing live at the Saturday@Phillips opening reception on September 2.

An auction of contemporary culture, Saturday@Phillips is a quarterly auction conducted by the cuttingedge contemporary art company, Phillips de Pury & Company. The sale takes place four times a year in NewYork and London at Phillips de Pury & Company’s headquarters. 

Sale Viewing: September 1–6, 10am–6pm, Opening Reception: September 2, 6–9pm, Saturday@Phillips Auction: September 6, 12pm, London, Location: Philips de Pury & Company, Howick Place London SW1P 1BB.

Image Credits:

Lot 230: FAILE, Forbidden Love, 2006, Acrylic, screenprint and varnish on canvas.  133.4 x 105.4 cm. (52 1/2 x 41 1/2 in). 

Lot 210: BAST, Chanel Bottle Day, 2008, Acrylic and screenprint on canvas. 167.6 x 135.3 cm. (66 x 53 1/4 in.)  

Lots 201: BEEJOIR, Immodium 3, 2007, Spraypaint on canvas. 111.4 x 130.8 cm. (43 7/8 x 51 1/2 in.)