Folding the Chair Flag by Gareth Moore

Folding the Chair Glag by Gareth Moore

Folding the Chair Flag by Gareth Moore

Estimate * €2,000 – €3,000 ($2,722 – $4,082)
Sale 2836, two in one. contemporary art from witte de with & de appel
20 May 2009, Amsterdam

Gareth Moore (CANADIAN, B. 1975) Chairflag
broken chair, wood, caning, glue
113 x 33 x 3 cm.
Executed in 2009.

Artist’s Resale Right (“droit de Suite”). If the Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist’s collection agent.
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
” ! ” Lots Imported from outside the EU. The buyer’s premium is 37.05% incl. VAT over the first €20,000, plus 31.1% incl. VAT of the hammer price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 21.58% incl. VAT of any amount in excess of €800.000.

Gareth Moore lives and works in Vancouver. His projects often involve communities outside the domain of contemporary art. He has been described as an archeologist of the present and he invites the public to discover his work unexpectedly, often through some element of unconventional choreography. He has had recent solo exhibitions at CCA Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2008); Witte de With, Rotterdam (2008); Belkin Satellite, Vancouver (2007); Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (2006); and Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver (2005). Group exhibitions include The Museum, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2008); The Theater of Life, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento (2007); Door Slamming Festival, Berlin (2007); and KölnShow 2, Gallery Daniel Buchholz, Cologne (2007). Upcoming exhibitions include Nomads, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2009) and Gareth Moore, Luettgenmeijer, Berlin (2009).

At Christie’s

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.