Luxx

Details

EMMA STERN (B. 1992)
Luxx
signed and dated 'Emma Stern 17' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
23 7/8 x 34in. (60.7 x 86.3cm.)
Painted in 2017

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 2017.

Exhibited

Online exhibition, Dateagle Art, Spread The Virus Volume 01, 2017-2018 (illustrated).

Special notice

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

Further details

'Aside from Renaissance painting, another genre that seriously influenced me when I was learning to paint was Surrealism. What was so fascinating to me was the emphasis on dreams and the subconscious consistent among all Surrealists. They would do things like meditate, or keep dream logs, or induce hallucinations with drugs or hypnotism or sleep deprivation, anything to trigger some state change and deliver them to some alternate reality. The art they made following these experiences are fragments of what they were able to ‘bring back’ with them, like souvenirs—or postcards.' EMMA STERN