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Dear Friends,
The detention of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei on April 3 at Beijing airport has created an international uproar. Museums around the world are pressing for his release. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is leading a petition to the Chinese Minister of Culture.
The issue stands in contrast to the record sales in Hong Kong this week, where Sotheby's sold $447m in Asian art.
At Blue Tangerine Art, we are pleased to introduce British sculptor Stephanie Carlton Smith to our roster. Trained at London's Royal College of Art, Carlton Smith is gathering acclaim in the UK and Dubai for her glass and alabaster structures, which balance fearlessly in the shifting light.
Figurative painter America Martin has released new works on canvas. Her work on paper series of Cool Jazz musicians, which we curated in February, will remain on view throughout 2011 at L'Ermitage Beverly Hills to complement the hotel's ongoing jazz program.
Next month, the contemporary art world focuses on the New York May auctions, considered a bell weather for the health of the art market. Highlights include Andy Warhol's portrait of Elizabeth Taylor at Phillips de Pury; a timely sale perhaps?
We wish you an art-filled spring,
Trudy Montgomery
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery"
- Francis Bacon
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Art world denounces disappearance of Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei
Museums, and his galleries press for his release
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A 'Release Ai Wei Wei' sign hangs from the side of London's Tate Modern in support of the detained Chinese artist and activist. Photo credit: Reuters
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[Reuters]: On April 3rd, Chinese artist and architect Ai Weiwei was taken into custody at the Beijing airport as part of the government crackdown on political dissidents. Ai, who achieved international renown with the "Bird's Nest" stadium for the 2008 Olympics, on which he collaborated with Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron, is a prominent public intellectual in China known for his investigations of government corruption and his human rights activism.
Read coverage in Huffington Post and New York Times.
Sign the Solomon R. Guggenheim's petition to the Chinese Ministry of Culture.
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New BTA Artist: Sculpture by Stephanie Carlton Smith
Blue Tangerine Art is pleased to offer the extraordinary work of British sculptor Stephanie Carlton Smith RA.
Working primarily with glass in multiple forms - glass rods, slabs of plate, even groups of test tubes - which she juxtaposes with other materials in pursuit of balance and harmony, Carlton Smith has an ability to portray a human quality from abstract forms.
"My practice is driven foremost by my relationship with glass as a material that defines space and expresses aspects of the human psyche," explains Carlton Smith. "The recurring imagery within my work has to be the containment of the fragmented interior representing our fractured core and the beauty its complexity can present.
These human associations can also be found within the materials with which the glass is juxtaposed. Alabaster is used to form both a symbolic and literal skin in which to hold the fractured glass and the play between material and form resonates with the viewer." Read on...
Generally working on a domestic scale, Stephanie has worked on some important site-specific commissions for both indoor and outdoor display, including at scale. Please contact us for more information and to discuss options. |
America Martin
New figurative paintings on canvas
America Martin has just released fresh new paintings on canvas. Her luscious use of paint and confident line underpin her signature style that is both bold and fun. A great way to celebrate the summer!
And, still on view at L'Ermitage in Beverly Hills , America Martin's series of works on paper playfully capture the cool jazz vibe led by singer Claude Hall on Thursday nights. |
Asian Art snapped up in Hong Kong
Sothebys sells record $447m in Asian Art
Reuters, May 11, 2011
Auction giant Sotheby's sold $447 million worth of Asian art, wine, watches and jewellery in its Asian spring sales, in another bullish showing for the Chinese art market despite weak results for a monumental collection of Chinese ceramics.
The HK$3.49 billion tally for its 8-day Asian sales in Hong Kong -- now considered the world's third most important art auction hub after New York and London, was the firm's best season ever underpinned by strong Chinese buyers -- eclipsing even its blockbuster $400 million autumn season last October.
Read on...
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Art Diary Dates
Upcoming Art Events
- Liste, Basel, Switzerland: June 14-19
- Volta, Basel, Switzerland: June 13-18
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Blue Tangerine Art offers art advisory services to private and corporate collectors. We source contemporary art from a wide range of sources, including direct from artists and galleries in the US and Europe.
We offer paintings, drawings and limited editions by artists including: Chris Crossen, Patter Hellstrom, Deborah Lanyon, Angela Findlay, Rachel Holloway, America Martin, Kim Frohsin, Birgitte Lund, Zanny Mellor, Kathy Montgomery, Trudy Montgomery, Bella Pieroni, Anne Stahl, Nicola Wood, Suzan Woodruff and Eric Zener among others.
Sculpture by Stephanie Carlton Smith and photography-based work by Sparky Campanella, Sebastien Davila, Bjornulf Dyrud, Allison Hunter, Cressandra Thibodeaux, Sieglinde Van Damme as well as many others not listed on our website.
We look forward to helping you find just what you're looking for. Please contact us with your request via email or on (310) 774-1959.
Happy Collecting!
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Trudy Montgomery
Art Advisor and Principal, Blue Tangerine Art
PO Box 661216, Los Angeles, CA 90066
web: http://www.BlueTangerineArt.com
email: trudy@bluetangerineart.com twitter: @trudymontgomery tel: (310) 774-1959
  
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