Contact Sport
2019
Anna Park's 2019 'Contact Sport' employs charcoal and graphite on paper to explore themes of physical engagement and interaction. The drawing medium allows for expressive mark-making and tonal variation.
- Medium
- charcoal and graphite on paper
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House Β· Sotheby'sView on map
π¨ Auction Lot
Contemporary Day Auction
November 17, 2022
Estimate: $50,000 to $70,000
Lot 810
Artists in conversation
Kathe Kollwitz
German Β· b. 1867
Kollwitz worked extensively in charcoal and graphite to create powerful figurative drawings with expressive, gestural mark making that conveyed intense physical and emotional states. Her raw handling of drawing media and focus on the human body in states of struggle closely parallels Park's approach in Contact Sport.
Robert Longo
American Β· b. 1953
Longo is renowned for his large scale charcoal and graphite figurative drawings that capture the human body in dynamic, forceful physical moments. His monumental works share Park's interest in depicting bodily tension and interaction through expressive tonal drawing techniques.
Nicola Samori
Italian Β· b. 1977
Samori creates intensely physical figurative works on paper using graphite and charcoal with dramatic tonal contrast and expressive mark making that evokes bodily strain and contact. His contemporary approach to figurative drawing on paper shares the raw energy and physical engagement central to Park's Contact Sport.
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