lot 50 — Malte Bartsch, Agave (2021)
sold in slot Conceptual in auction Chapter 1Concluded. 2021/8/21, 3 pm to 6 pm
Concluded. 2021/8/21, 3 pm to 6 pm
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sold
Every work in the edition is unique!
The industrial material, made from discarded aluminium rims, imitates nature in order to rejoin something other than the circuit of recyclable materials. In nature, the large graceful plants are growing for decades before they form a single flower stem. They, too, invest. But not in sustainability or in self-optimization, but in complete, self-abandoning expenditure: a single blossom. An economic nightmare. The agave traditionally grows in Mexico, Central America and Panama. Not only does it encapsulate the longing for a vulnerable body, but also the longing for faraway places, for people’s wanderlust, which on the one hand destroys the planet and on the other hand brings it closer together. The insuperable contradiction that one has to endure when acting globally. Human needs nature and yet consistently destroys it. And somewhere between the self-optimizing search for meaning and turbo-capitalism, the antennae for beauty and transience have been lost. Both flare up again in a well-dosed manner in Malte Bartsch’s works.
where and how to bis
You can bid directly here on the website (see above), live at the location of the auction in Berlin, vie our partner lot-tissimo, in writing using our bidding form or by phone after arranging it with the auctioneer.
| minimum price | 1.200 € | |
| price estimate | 1.600 € | |
| sale price | 1.700 € |
| size | 30 x 30 x 16 cm | |
| edition | von 6 | |
| signature | Mit Zertifikat | |
| provenience | Direkt aus dem Atelier des Künstlers | |
| condition | Makellos | |
| technique | Aluminiumguss |
Every work in the edition is unique!
The industrial material, made from discarded aluminium rims, imitates nature in order to rejoin something other than the circuit of recyclable materials. In nature, the large graceful plants are growing for decades before they form a single flower stem. They, too, invest. But not in sustainability or in self-optimization, but in complete, self-abandoning expenditure: a single blossom. An economic nightmare. The agave traditionally grows in Mexico, Central America and Panama. Not only does it encapsulate the longing for a vulnerable body, but also the longing for faraway places, for people’s wanderlust, which on the one hand destroys the planet and on the other hand brings it closer together. The insuperable contradiction that one has to endure when acting globally. Human needs nature and yet consistently destroys it. And somewhere between the self-optimizing search for meaning and turbo-capitalism, the antennae for beauty and transience have been lost. Both flare up again in a well-dosed manner in Malte Bartsch’s works.
where and how to bis
You can bid directly here on the website (see above), live at the location of the auction in Berlin, vie our partner lot-tissimo, in writing using our bidding form or by phone after arranging it with the auctioneer.