Zander Blom & Sean O'Toole; South African 21st Century; The Bad Reviews Banner
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Notes : The present lot forms part of a collaborative endeavour between Zander Blom and Sean O'Toole which was born out of a mutual interest in art and music. "Since Sean's initial interest in art came via music, and he knew that I had dabbled in music before, he thought we might have an interesting conversation."1 Zander Blom's canvases exude a frantic rhythm, where abstraction is the expression linking his contemporary practice to modernist traditions.2 High pitched colours, punk imagery and scale foreground the expression of the present lot - a hand-painted stage banner. The banner is further complemented by a black steel frame, from which it is tied. The frame especially produced by Rodan Kane Hart, a sculptor, co-founder and creative director of various platforms including THE FOURTH, further adds to the edgy and robust character to the work. A similar version to the present lot was exhibited by Stevenson at Felix Art Fair, Los Angeles in 2019. 1 tongues (2020) Zander Blom Interview, online, https://tongues.cc/articles/zander-blom/, accessed 27 January 2025. 2 Various Authors (2016) Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting, New York: Phaidon, online, https://www.stevenson.info/artist/zander-blom/texts, accessed 27 January 2025.
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