Untitled (Bolego)
Rudolf Stingel's Untitled (Bolego) is an oil on canvas painting that demonstrates the artist's exploration of surface, texture, and materiality. The work reflects Stingel's characteristic approach to abstraction and formal experimentation.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
May 12, 2021
Estimate: $1,800,000 – $2,500,000
Lot 123
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styrofoam, 4 panels
“Zen is about acceptance, right?” Mr. Stingel said. “So that’s the way it is. I do sit and look at him sometimes — we have a meaningful relationship. You can’t get over it. You just live with it.” - Rudolph Stingel
The radicalness of Stingel’s Cellotex panels is often underestimated. While rejecting any suggestion of being a social, political or conceptual gesture, these works may be some of the most open and brave moments in recent contemporary art production. As with his provocative instruction book on how to make his paintings, Stingel once again gives himself and his work, in their totality, to the public and the viewer. He invites the viewer inside the surface of his work, and allows anyone to make a 'contribution' to it. The critical voice of the viewer becomes part of the work. Like magnetic tape, the artist records the viewer’s reaction to his work – not simply verbally, but physically.
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