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• Auction House:
  Deutscher and Hackett
• Sale Name:
  Important Australian + International Art
• Sale Date:
  27 Nov 2019 ~ 7pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  25
• Lot Description:
  Alex Seton
  (born 1977)
  Life Vest (Emergency), 2014
  bronze; edition: 1/3
  51.0 x 34.0 x 40.0 cm
  signed, dated and numbered at base: Alexander Seton Ed 1/3 2014
• Provenance:
  Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney; The Mainland Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2015
• Exhibited:
  Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney at "Art Basel," Hong Kong, 13 – 17 March 2015; "Young & Free: An Australian Discourse", Bega Valley Regional Gallery, New South Wales, 10 February – 18 March 2017
• Notes:
  Alex Seton lives and works in Sydney SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: 2018 "Cargo", Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney 2017 "The Island", Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle 2017 "Countercurrents", Samstag Museum, Adelaide 2016 "Forming in the Pupil of an Eye: Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016", Kochi, India 2016 "Wynne Prize Finalist", Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2015 "The Journey", Galerie Paris – Beijing, Paris 2014 – 15 "Refoulement", McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin and touring to Linden Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; and Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland 2014 – 15 "As of Today", Australian War Memorial, Canberra 2014 – 15 "Sealed Section", Artbank, Sydney 2014 "Replicator", Tweed Regional Gallery, New South Wales 2014 "What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me", The Fine Art Society, London, UK 2014 "Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Dark Heart", Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 2013 "Roughing Out", Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney 2012 "Six More", Australian War Memorial, Canberra 2011 "Double Vision", McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Victoria SELECTED LITERATURE: Mendelsohn, J., ‘Honouring the dead – Alex Seton’s stark, moving protest sculptures carved from marble’", The Conversation", 12 December 2018 Mitsuji, T., ‘Alex Seton explores our cultural baggage in Cargo’", Art Guide Australia", Melbourne, 26 September 2018 Fortescue, E., ‘Sculptor Alex Seton’s monumental view of history’", The Daily Telegraph", Sydney, 11 May 2017 Grishin, S., ‘Art Review – Alex Seton at the Australian War Memorial’", The Canberra Times", Canberra, 27 February 2015 Frost, A., ‘This is what it looks like’", Art Collector", Sydney, issue 70, October – December 2014, p. 146 – 153 Capon, E. & Fairly, G.", Alex Seton: Roughing Out", exhibition catalogue, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney, 2013 Frost, A., ‘Memorial to the Forgotten’ in "Alexander Seton: Elegy on Resistance", exhibition catalogue, Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney and ArtHK12, Hong Kong, 2012 SELECTED COLLECTIONS: Albury Regional Gallery, Albury Artbank, Sydney Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide Australian War Memorial, Canberra Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo Danish Royal Art Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark Fidelity Worldwide Investment, Hong Kong and Sydney Gold Coast City Gallery, Gold Coast HBO Collection, New York, USA National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane REPRESENTED BY Sullivan + Strumpf, Sydney and Singapore
• Estimate:
  A$25,000 - 35,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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