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Unknown Icon Series #11
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Vhils (né en 1987)
Unknown Icon Series #11
signé et daté ‘VHILS'’ 09’ (au dos)
aquarelle, encre et javel sur papier
100 x 70 cm.
Réalisé en 2008.
signed and dated ‘VHILS'' ’09’ (on the reverse)
watercolour, ink and bleach on paper
39 3/8 x 27 1/2 in.
Executed in 2008.
Unknown Icon Series #11
signé et daté ‘VHILS'’ 09’ (au dos)
aquarelle, encre et javel sur papier
100 x 70 cm.
Réalisé en 2008.
signed and dated ‘VHILS'' ’09’ (on the reverse)
watercolour, ink and bleach on paper
39 3/8 x 27 1/2 in.
Executed in 2008.
Provenance
Vente anonyme, Digard Auction, Paris, 7 décembre 2015, lot 152
Acquis lors de cette vente
Acquis lors de cette vente
Literature
A. Farto aka Vhils, Selected works 2005-2010, Amsterdam, 2010 (illustré).
A. Farto aka Vhils, Vhils, Berlin, 2011 (illustré).
A. Farto aka Vhils, Entropie, Paris, 2014 (illustré en couleurs p. 150).
A. Farto aka Vhils, Vhils, Berlin, 2011 (illustré).
A. Farto aka Vhils, Entropie, Paris, 2014 (illustré en couleurs p. 150).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").
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Vhils, de son vrai prénom Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto, est un artiste portugais né en 1987 et qui travaille entre Londres et Lisbonne. Depuis les années 2000, il évolue dans des environnements urbains qu’il s’approprie et transforme pour en faire sa première scène d’expression. Son œuvre a pris tour à tour la forme de sculptures en bas-relief, de peintures au pochoir, de gravures sur métal, mais aussi de productions scéniques ou encore de courts-métrages. Poétiques tout en demeurant accessibles, ses travaux invitent à la réflexion autour de thèmes de l’identité, de la vie dans les sociétés contemporaines et leurs environnements saturés, des exigences de la vie quotidienne ou encore de la résistance face à la destruction et au changement des environnements urbains. Son travail a été présenté dans plus de 30 pays depuis 2005 dans le cadre d’expositions individuelles et collectives, de projets associatifs, de collaboration avec de nombreuses fondations ou musées tels que la Fondation EDP (Lisbonne), le Centre Pompidou (Paris), le Barbican Centre (Londres), le CAFA Art Museum (Pékin) ou encore le Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego).
Vhils, whose real name is Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto, is a Portuguese artist born in 1987, working between London and Lisbon. Since 2000, he has been evolving in urban environments that he appropriates and transforms in order to make them his primary stage of expression.
His work has taken the form of bas-relief sculptures, stencil paintings, metal engravings, stage productions and short films. Poetic yet accessible, his work invites reflection on themes of identity, life in contemporary societies and their saturated environments, the demands of everyday life, and resistance to the destruction and change of urban environments. His work has been shown in more than 30 countries since 2005 in solo and group exhibitions, in association projects, and in collaboration with numerous foundations and museums such as the EDP Foundation (Lisbon), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Barbican Centre (London), the CAFA Art Museum (Beijing) and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego).
Vhils, whose real name is Alexandre Manuel Dias Farto, is a Portuguese artist born in 1987, working between London and Lisbon. Since 2000, he has been evolving in urban environments that he appropriates and transforms in order to make them his primary stage of expression.
His work has taken the form of bas-relief sculptures, stencil paintings, metal engravings, stage productions and short films. Poetic yet accessible, his work invites reflection on themes of identity, life in contemporary societies and their saturated environments, the demands of everyday life, and resistance to the destruction and change of urban environments. His work has been shown in more than 30 countries since 2005 in solo and group exhibitions, in association projects, and in collaboration with numerous foundations and museums such as the EDP Foundation (Lisbon), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Barbican Centre (London), the CAFA Art Museum (Beijing) and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (San Diego).
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