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  • HEDGE - SWISSNEX - MODERNISM

    10.21.14

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    Christie's at Hedge Gallery: Postwar and Contemporary Art Auction Preview.

    Comment by AB: Highlights of Christie's November 12 auction of postwar and contemporary art to be held at Rockefeller Plaza, New York are on view here.

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    Art by Philip Guston, presale estimate of $2.5-$3.5 million.

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    Cy Twombly art sold for a world record $69,605,000.

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    L-R, Roy Lichtenstein multiple sold for a world record $6,885,000.
    Early Sam Francis painting, presale estimate of $3-$4 million.

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    Alexander Calder jewelry, each piece estimated at $120-$180K.

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    Hot Dog by Roy Lichtenstein sold for a world record $4,421,000.

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    Ambiance - Christie's fall auction preview at Hedge Gallery.

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    Swissnex San Francisco: PLACEMAKERS - Regula Bochsler, Jenny Odell, Clement Valla.

    Comment by AB: Three artists extensively explore Google and Apple maps to bring us unbelievable algorithmic landscapes that defy imagination, sometimes captured as they actually appear online, and other times reconfigured in fascinating ways.

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    Surreal landscapes found on Google maps by Clement Valla at Swissnex.

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    Bizarre distorted Google maps landscape in above image closer.

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    Melting houses from satellite views on Google maps.

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    Cut and collaged industrial views from Google maps by Jenny Odell.

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    Detail of collaged heavy industry in above image closer.

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    Anomalous views found on Apple maps by Regula Bochsler.

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    Head count - group show at Swissnex San Francisco.

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    Modernism Gallery: Microbial Associates - Jonathon Keats.

    Comment by AB: Conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathan Keats, in a pseudo-scientific fervor, is now training that far-too-underexploited commodity-- bacteria-- to work at all corporate levels, classifications and job descriptions. For as little as $10 per week, you can hire countless millions of qualified infinitesimal employees to bloat your company's bottom line. Profit margins never looked so good.

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    Bacterial classrooms - art by Jonathon Keats at Modernism Gallery.

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    Bacterial classroom environment in above image closer.

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    Jonathon Keats expounds on how it all works at Modernism Gallery.

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    Certified qualified microbes ready to work - Jonathon Keats art.

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    Explanatory diagrams - art by Jonathon Keats.

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    Learning to work with bacteria - Jonathon Keats art show at Modernism Gallery.

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