The Contemporary Art Collection

Frank Stella is one of the leading figures of the Minimalist movement. Initially influenced by the Abstract Expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline, towards the late fifties he moves to New York where he abandons the Expressionist quest for color in favour of flat and Minimalist surfaces, following the work of Barnett Newman and Jasper Johns. He soon inaugurated a series of works emphasizing the painting as an object in itself rather than as a representation of something else. Faithful to Minimalist philosophy, the canvas for him is nothing but a flat surface with color yet suggestive of a third dimension. Towards the early 1960s there was a lot of interest in America in adopting textiles as a medium for artistic expression. In 1962 the World House Galleries in New York organized an exhibition composed of 26 carpets designed by leading Modern Art Masters such as Léger, Mirò and Picasso together with others from the contemporary designer Miriam Leefe. In 1968 the Charles E. Slatkin Galleries in New York opened an exhibition entitled 'American Tapestries', showing the textile artworks of twenty-two Pop Art and Abstract Expressionist artists. These artists were actively involved in the translation of their pictorial language in the textile medium, designing the preparatory cartoons which would then be sent to India for them to be made into weavings. Their interest towards the expressive qualities of three-dimensional flat surfaces found its quintessential expression in the art of the carpet. This motivated a second exhibition in 1970 entitled 'Modern Master Tapestries', where the term 'tapestry' was applied both to wall hangings as well as floor coverings. The aim of this exhibition was to give a modern configuration to the ancient art of weaving. 'River of Ponds...

"Merida", by Sean Scully The complete series of 16 C-print photographs Signed and numbered on the cover page with a “Certificate of Authenticity”. The photographs were taken by Se...

"Meaningless" – Signed, titled, dated, 2004 monoprint-on-paper artwork by notable, internationally exhibited American artist, Mel Bochner (b. 1940). Selected solo exhibitions: Carneg...

 Altar, from Sanctum Etching in colors with photogravure and hand coloring on wove paper, signed in ink and numbered 42/59 in pencil, verso, Published by Paragon Press, London Measur...

Hardcover, 50 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in.), 498 pages, 13 fold-outs, with an adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson, plus an illustrated 680-page chronology book A Bigger Book, TASCHEN’s SUMO...

Signed, dated and numbered, 1981 aquatint and color etching on Rives BFK paper- Periscope, by iconic American artist, Jasper Johns (b. 1930). Marked 22 /88 on the lower left. Signed ...

Neon multiple designed by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Italy, meta memphis, 1989. Neon art work 'Tutti Designers' by Michelangelo Pistoletto, comprising of an aluminium briefcase...

"The Beverley Hills Housewife is a painting by the British artist David Hockney. This picture is seen to be an homage to the people who viewed women as nothing but an individual who ...

An eye-catching sensual terracotta sculpture of a horse in the style of Botero, with exaggerated curves and haunches, accented with white glazed mane and hooves.

Original vintage exhibition 'David Hockney At Andre Emmerich' New York, 1969 David Hockney original exhibition poster designed and c...

Stunning late 20th century Modern Craftsman artist made desk / side chair in aluminum relying on abstraction and the grid form as means of defining space and transparency. The sculpt...