SIMON PATTERSON (B.1967)

The Great Bear

Details

SIMON PATTERSON (B.1967)
The Great Bear
signed, dated and inscibed 'Simon Patterson, 1992, A/P' (lower right)
4-colour lithograph in a Deb 2000 Quad Royal anodised aluminium frame with 4mm safety glass and silicone seal
42¾ x 53¾in. (108.5 x 134cm.)
this work is an edition of 50 plus 15 artist's proofs

Provenance

Katsuya Ikeuchi Galerie AG, Tokyo.

Literature

"Doubletake, collective memory and current art", London 1992.
"Simon Patterson" London, 1992.
"In and out, back & forth", New York, 1992.
"Seeing the unseen, Nvisible museum", London 1994 (another from the edition illustrated in the catalogue).
"Made in London", London 1996 (another from the edition illustrated in colour in the catalogue).
"Turner Prize", London 1996 (another from the edition illustrated in the catalogue in colour).
"Dimensions Variable", London 1997, p.49 (another from the edition illustrated in the catalogue in colour).
"Sensation", Royal Academy of Arts, 1997 p.143,(another from the edition illustrated in the catalogue in colour).

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Lot Essay

"The underground map is recognisable although it is an abstraction that seems representative of place; people who are not interested in art might like it, because it is comfortable. And I like using something that allows the viewer to enter into the work. So, initially, people are comfortable with the work. It is almost like figurative art - people forget that it is a construction, an illusion, and they feel quite comfortable with it. The original design of the Underground Map is a complete abstraction - it's just a graphic solution to a problem. But people relate to it and accept it. Then you can undermine the work as an object, give it a new use. It has a new rationale. I didn't alter it arbitrarily. It has my own logic but it is a completely personal, idiosyncratic one.R ("Names are words for things", Sculpture, Jan. 1997, vol. 16, no. 1).

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