Lot 67
Lot 67
Scott King (b. 1969)

The artist should never contemplate making a work of art that is about something; a successful work of art can only ever be about nothing. The artist’s complete negation of intent thus creating a reflective surface into which the critic, curator or collector can gaze and see only himself - Sol LeWitt, Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, 1967

Price Realised GBP 2,500
Estimate
GBP 2,500 - GBP 3,500
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Scott King (b. 1969)

The artist should never contemplate making a work of art that is about something; a successful work of art can only ever be about nothing. The artist’s complete negation of intent thus creating a reflective surface into which the critic, curator or collector can gaze and see only himself - Sol LeWitt, Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, 1967

Price Realised GBP 2,500
Price Realised GBP 2,500
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Scott King (b. 1969)
The artist should never contemplate making a work of art that is about something; a successful work of art can only ever be about nothing. The artist’s complete negation of intent thus creating a reflective surface into which the critic, curator or collector can gaze and see only himself - Sol LeWitt, Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, 1967
plaster bust and mirror on plinth
6818 x 2238 x 19.6/8in. (173 x 57 x 50cm.)
Executed in 2012
Provenance
Herald St, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.
Exhibited
London, Herald St, Scott King, 2012.
London, Saatchi Gallery, Black Mirror: Art As Social Satire, 2018-2019 (illustrated in colour, pp. 52-55).
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