Contemporary Art & Design presents Donald Baechler
Donald Baechler (b. 1956, USA) uses a childlike imagery in his paintings and sculptures and is regarded as one of the most interesting artists of our time.
In an interview accompanied to the exhibition ”Sculptures” in 2005 at the Museum of Modern Art in Salzburg, Baechler had this to say:
So there really is no narrative intention; it’s just a response to materials. And they happen to look the way they do because that’s the way they look. I think there’s even less content in the sculpture than in the paintings. Less narrative. I think they’re kind of mute... I’m interested in discreet and very mute objects, and I’ve never really been interested in narrative or psychology or these things which many people read into my paintings and probably into the sculptures.”
To 'Standing Figure'
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To be sold at Contemporary Art & Design
Viewing: 15 – 19 April, Berzelii Park 1, Stockholm.
Open: Mon–Fri 11 AM – 6 PM, Sat–Sun, 11 AM –5 PM.
Auction: 20 April, Arsenalsgatan 2, Stockholm.
Executed in 1997. Bronze, height ca 83 cm. Granite base ca 10.5 x 61.5 x 51 cm. Estimate 200 000 – 250 000 SEK.