Fifteen Haunts
"Fifteen Haunts" is a striking work by the iconic British artist duo Gilbert & George, known for their distinctive grid-based compositions that merge photography, bold color, and provocative imagery to challenge social and moral conventions. True to their signature style, the piece likely draws on urban life, existential themes, and the artists' own figures as living sculptures embedded within the work. The title evokes a sense of spectral presence and obsession, suggesting a meditation on memory, place, or recurring psychological states.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
February 10, 2016
Collectors of Gilbert & George
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Andy Warhol
American · b. 1928
Warhol similarly used grid based photographic compositions with bold flat colors to explore celebrity, mortality and urban culture, creating large format works that challenge social conventions through repetition and provocative imagery.
Peter Hujar
American · b. 1934
Hujar produced darkly atmospheric figurative photography exploring themes of spectral presence, urban subcultures and existential identity, sharing the gothic mood and provocative engagement with the male figure found in this work.
Nan Goldin
American · b. 1953
Goldin creates bold large format photographic works rooted in urban life and personal obsession, using vivid color and raw figurative imagery to meditate on memory, hauntings of the past and transgressive human experience.
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